#D40701Boulevardier (#D40701) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 29°, lightness 0.55 and chroma 0.223. 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 | #D40701 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(212, 7, 1) |
| HSL | hsl(2, 99%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(2, 100%, 83%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 97%, 100%, 17%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(44.5 69.1 58.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.548 0.223 29) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Boulevardier 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.
#d40000 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged#d70000 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#d40701 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#d50802 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Boulevardier 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 5.48:1 and against black 3.83:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#ffafa2 · #ff6855 · #d40701 · #a60000 · #6c0000 · #370000
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.
#d67a00 · #d25700 · #d40701 · #b3003e · #920050 · #710057
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.
#dea100 · #b18734 · #d40701 · #a20000 · #730000 · #2e1e00
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 · #b7827a · #d40701 · #893127 · #62140d · #360503
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#dbf8fd · #a5827c · #d40701 · #485b5f · #3a1914 · #000304
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 · #bccdd0 · #8ea2a5 · #102b2f · #00080b · #d40701
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cddfbc · #33b6b8 · #a87595 · #d40701 · #4d6277 · #1a0e04
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bde0c8 · #6baaca · #599282 · #d40701 · #4e5884 · #210611
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d4ffda · #00a84a · #d40701 · #2d3dd0 · #0f0075 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ecf9c7 · #819700 · #d40701 · #00636f · #30005c · #000304
#E34737 · #F16B5A · #FE8B7A · #FFB0A3 · #FFD2CA
#B10000 · #8F0000 · #6F0000 · #500000 · #330000
#C23A2C · #AF4F43 · #9B5E55
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.