#E93A0EChilli Crab (#E93A0E) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 34°, lightness 0.61 and chroma 0.216. 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 | #E93A0E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 58, 14) |
| HSL | hsl(12, 89%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(12, 94%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 75%, 94%, 9%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(52.3 64.8 60.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.613 0.216 34) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Chilli Crab is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#e93304 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#ed3809 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#e93a0e — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ea3b10 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Chilli Crab 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 4.14:1 and against black 5.08:1, so black 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.
#ffcfc4 · #ff9179 · #e93a0e · #be2800 · #841800 · #4e0800
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.
#ed9000 · #ea6d00 · #e93a0e · #cd2544 · #ad195a · #8b1464
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.
#f2b800 · #c19d4c · #e93a0e · #b92a04 · #8b1a00 · #402e00
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.
#ffe6e0 · #00dbfc · #e93a0e · #85564c · #792615 · #48180e
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#dcf8fe · #b9968e · #e93a0e · #5b6e72 · #42211a · #000305
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 · #bccdd1 · #8ea1a6 · #10292f · #00070b · #e93a0e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#daf8ff · #00b3ce · #e93a0e · #00778a · #00323b · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#daf8ff · #00b8a8 · #e93a0e · #0070ae · #00342e · #000614
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d2ffde · #1abd6a · #e93a0e · #4952e3 · #1c0184 · #000601
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e9faca · #8ab004 · #e93a0e · #00778a · #3e0068 · #000305
#F45E3F · #FE7C60 · #FF9D87 · #FFBBAB · #FFD7CD
#C42A00 · #9D1F00 · #781400 · #550A00 · #350200
#D75438 · #C36551 · #AE7365
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.