#AA0011Chorizo (#AA0011) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 27°, lightness 0.46 and chroma 0.189. 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 | #AA0011 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 0, 17) |
| HSL | hsl(354, 100%, 33%) |
| HSV | hsv(354, 100%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 90%, 33%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(35.2 59.3 42.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.464 0.189 27) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Chorizo 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.
#aa000d — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged#ad000f — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#aa0011 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ab0112 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Chorizo 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 7.73:1 and against black 2.72:1, 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.
#f9867b · #d7574e · #aa0011 · #7e0009 · #470002 · #180000
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.
#b66300 · #b04200 · #aa0011 · #8a0033 · #6b003d · #4d003e
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.
#d6ab62 · #c18700 · #946e2d · #aa0011 · #7a0008 · #4e0003
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.
#00ddf2 · #ce827a · #986c67 · #aa0011 · #67201c · #3a110e
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#def7fb · #c7a8a3 · #657779 · #aa0011 · #573734 · #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.
#e6f5f7 · #bccdd0 · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #aa0011
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d5faff · #00c7d9 · #00828f · #aa0011 · #004a52 · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cedcb8 · #81b1db · #58918a · #aa0011 · #3d4b3d · #160b04
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dafddc · #68ca75 · #4067e0 · #aa0011 · #1b3494 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eff7cc · #aabc3b · #00828f · #aa0011 · #4d2189 · #000304
#BF3E38 · #D36359 · #E6847A · #F7A69C · #FFCBC4
#8F000C · #750007 · #5C0004 · #440002 · #2E0000
#9B2B27 · #8C3D37 · #7B4A44
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.