#B43548Chubby Kiss (#B43548) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 16°, lightness 0.52 and chroma 0.163. 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 | #B43548 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(180, 53, 72) |
| HSL | hsl(351, 55%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(351, 71%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 71%, 60%, 29%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(42.3 52.1 18.7) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.523 0.163 16) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Chubby Kiss shifts subtly: leans toward orange; 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.
#b53142 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#b73446 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#b43548 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#b53549 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Chubby Kiss 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 5.93:1 and against black 3.54:1, 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.
#ffa0a5 · #e1707a · #b43548 · #921931 · #5f0018 · #2c0006
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.
#ca7342 · #c25540 · #b43548 · #972855 · #781f5a · #591759
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.
#e59000 · #a87e50 · #b43548 · #892133 · #66001b · #2b1600
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.
#00dfe2 · #a67f80 · #b43548 · #74343a · #501a20 · #29070b
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e1f7f7 · #977d7d · #b43548 · #465454 · #31191a · #000202
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.
#e6f5f5 · #bbcdcd · #8ca0a0 · #0b2728 · #000505 · #b43548
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cdfdfd · #009799 · #b43548 · #005d5e · #002728 · #1a0002
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cdfdfd · #009c73 · #b43548 · #005974 · #00291b · #00050b
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e3fada · #5e9542 · #b43548 · #004da1 · #001f4a · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f5f5cf · #8e8804 · #b43548 · #005d5e · #22035d · #000202
#C65661 · #D7747B · #E79196 · #F6AFB1 · #FFCFD0
#992639 · #7F162B · #66051D · #4B0011 · #310007
#A74650 · #985257 · #895C5E
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.