#941100Cayenne (#941100) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 31°, lightness 0.43 and chroma 0.165. 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 | #941100 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(148, 17, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(7, 100%, 29%) |
| HSV | hsv(7, 100%, 58%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 89%, 100%, 42%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(31.1 50.6 44.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.426 0.165 31) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Cayenne 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.
#940a00 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#960e00 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#941100 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#941201 — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchangedTest Cayenne 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 8.98:1 and against black 2.34:1, 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.
#e38170 · #c05543 · #941100 · #6a0600 · #370000 · #0d0000
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.
#a25d00 · #9a4100 · #941100 · #790024 · #5c002e · #40002e
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.
#c2a162 · #ad7f00 · #82662d · #941100 · #670500 · #3d0000
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.
#00dcf8 · #bb7b6f · #88635c · #941100 · #571b12 · #2d0a06
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e1f6fb · #bea39e · #5c6b6e · #941100 · #492f2a · #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.
#e7f5f8 · #bdcdd1 · #8fa2a6 · #102a2f · #00080b · #941100
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d9f9ff · #00bfd8 · #007585 · #941100 · #003f48 · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bfe6d0 · #82d0c3 · #5a7e99 · #605f83 · #941100 · #200512
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dbfce1 · #64c27f · #475cc5 · #941100 · #202a7d · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ecf8d3 · #9eb750 · #007585 · #941100 · #451b72 · #000305
#AB3F2F · #C26252 · #D78475 · #ECA698 · #FFC8BE
#7E0A00 · #670600 · #520200 · #3E0000 · #2C0000
#872A1C · #7A382D · #6C423A
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.