#B73D3FCherry Bomb (#B73D3F) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 23°, lightness 0.54 and chroma 0.158. 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 | #B73D3F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(183, 61, 63) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 50%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 67%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 67%, 66%, 28%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(43.9 49.3 26.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.535 0.158 23) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Cherry Bomb is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#b8393a — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#ba3c3d — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#b73d3f — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#b83e40 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Cherry Bomb 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 5.6:1 and against black 3.75:1, 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.
#ffa8a3 · #e47773 · #b73d3f · #952328 · #65000e · #310003
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.
#c97b40 · #c35c39 · #b73d3f · #9c2e4e · #7e2354 · #601b54
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.
#e19900 · #a78453 · #b73d3f · #8c292c · #690a14 · #2c1a00
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.
#00deec · #a98380 · #b73d3f · #773937 · #531e1e · #2c0b0b
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e2f7f8 · #9a817f · #b73d3f · #495758 · #321b1a · #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.
#e6f5f6 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282a · #000607 · #b73d3f
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d1fbff · #009aa5 · #b73d3f · #006067 · #00282c · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#dacdf0 · #8ec0b5 · #68a6ce · #b73d3f · #4f5b7b · #1c0412
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e0fbde · #559b53 · #b73d3f · #224caa · #001661 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f1f6d2 · #888f24 · #b73d3f · #006067 · #29045a · #000203
#C85C5A · #D87975 · #E89590 · #F7B1AD · #FFD0CD
#9B2D30 · #811D22 · #670C15 · #4E0008 · #320003
#AA4C4A · #9B5754 · #8C605E
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.