#880011Bloodthirsty (#880011) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 25°, lightness 0.39 and chroma 0.16. 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.
| HEX | #880011 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(136, 0, 17) |
| HSL | hsl(353, 100%, 27%) |
| HSV | hsv(353, 100%, 53%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 88%, 47%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(27.5 50.5 33) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.395 0.160 25) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Bloodthirsty is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#88000e — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged#8a0010 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#880011 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#880012 — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchangedTest Bloodthirsty in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 10.22:1 and against black 2.05:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
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.
#da7b74 · #b74f4a · #880011 · #630008 · #2f0001 · #080000
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.
#9b5100 · #933200 · #880011 · #6a0027 · #4d002c · #330029
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.
#dcb57a · #e17b73 · #a77300 · #7b5b28 · #880011 · #5b0007
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.
#00ddef · #b0726c · #7e5a57 · #880011 · #4d1212 · #240404
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e1f7f9 · #b99e9b · #546264 · #880011 · #402725 · #000203
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.
#e6f5f7 · #bccdcf · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #880011
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d3faff · #00bbca · #006c75 · #880011 · #00363c · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d5d7b2 · #87c3e1 · #4c7d72 · #4c5c49 · #880011 · #1b0b03
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#defbdf · #6eba72 · #3256b8 · #880011 · #0d2472 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f0f6d2 · #a3af48 · #006c75 · #880011 · #37156a · #000304
#A13735 · #BA5C56 · #D17F78 · #E7A29C · #FDC6C0
#74000C · #600008 · #4D0005 · #3B0002 · #290001
#7C2120 · #702F2C · #623A36
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.