Bloodshed `#BA271A`

Bloodshed (#BA271A) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 30°, lightness 0.51 and chroma 0.185. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#BA271A`
RGB	`rgb(186, 39, 26)`
HSL	`hsl(5, 75%, 42%)`
HSV	`hsv(5, 86%, 73%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 79%, 86%, 27%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(41.2 56.7 44.3)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.515 0.185 30)`

How Bloodshed behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Bloodshed is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ba2115 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #bd2518 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ba271a — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #bb281b — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Bloodshed in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 6.19:1 and against black 3.39:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Bloodshed

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ff9e8f · #e76958 · #ba271a · #950300 · #5d0000 · #2a0000

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#c77309 · #c35100 · #ba271a · #9f1239 · #810446 · #63004b

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#e3bc74 · #d19800 · #a07f3e · #ba271a · #8e130a · #640000

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00dcf6 · #a77b74 · #ba271a · #762f26 · #51140d · #290402

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#dff7fb · #977a75 · #ba271a · #425254 · #321713 · #000304

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e6f5f8 · #bdcdd0 · #8ea2a5 · #102b2f · #00080b · #ba271a

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d8f9ff · #0092a4 · #ba271a · #005964 · #00252b · #080000

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#cfd6b1 · #81bfdf · #6ba79c · #ba271a · #4c5b48 · #1a0d05

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#d9fdde · #2b994e · #ba271a · #2b3cb1 · #0d0168 · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#edf8cf · #788d00 · #ba271a · #005964 · #2c0053 · #000305

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#CC4E3F · #DD6F5F · #ED8E7F · #FCAC9F · #FFCFC7

Shades

#9F170C · #840300 · #670000 · #4B0000 · #310000

Muted

#AB3E31 · #9B4D42 · #8A5951

Using Bloodshed

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.