#CC0000Communist (#CC0000) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 29°, lightness 0.53 and chroma 0.218. 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 | #CC0000 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(204, 0, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 100%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 100%, 80%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 100%, 20%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(42.5 67.7 56.8) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.531 0.218 29) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Communist is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#cc0000 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#cf0000 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#cc0000 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#cd0101 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Communist 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 5.89:1 and against black 3.57:1, 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.
#ffa699 · #f96251 · #cc0000 · #9e0000 · #640000 · #300000
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.
#cf7600 · #cb5300 · #cc0000 · #ab003b · #8a004b · #6a0051
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.
#d89c00 · #ab8231 · #cc0000 · #9a0000 · #6b0000 · #291a00
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.
#00dcf5 · #b17e75 · #cc0000 · #822d23 · #5c100a · #310201
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#dbf8fd · #9f7d77 · #cc0000 · #44575a · #371713 · #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 · #8ea1a5 · #0f2a2e · #00070a · #cc0000
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d7f9ff · #0098a9 · #cc0000 · #005e69 · #00272d · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d7f9ff · #009c88 · #cc0000 · #005984 · #002922 · #000611
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d4ffda · #00a246 · #cc0000 · #2939c8 · #0d0070 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ecf9c8 · #7d9200 · #cc0000 · #005e69 · #2e0058 · #000304
#DC4436 · #EC6958 · #FA8979 · #FFADA0 · #FFD0C8
#AB0000 · #8A0000 · #6B0000 · #4E0000 · #320000
#BB362A · #A84B3F · #945A51
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.