Conker #B94E41

Conker (#B94E41) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 29°, lightness 0.56 and chroma 0.141. 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.

Color values

HEX#B94E41
RGBrgb(185, 78, 65)
HSLhsl(7, 48%, 49%)
HSVhsv(7, 65%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 58%, 65%, 27%)
CIE Lablab(47.2 42.4 29.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.561 0.141 29)

How Conker behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Conker is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Conker in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.97:1 and against black 4.23:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Conker

Tonal

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.

#ffb6aa · #e68576 · #b94e41 · #97352a · #6b120b · #3c0000

Analogous

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.

#c9884d · #c36b41 · #b94e41 · #a03d4d · #843053 · #672653

Shifted

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.

#dfa732 · #a98e60 · #b94e41 · #8f382e · #6d1e16 · #322100

Contrast

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.

#01dcf5 · #ae8c86 · #b94e41 · #7b443c · #572822 · #31130f

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e3f6f9 · #a08985 · #b94e41 · #515e60 · #341f1c · #000304

Bright Accent

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 · #8ea2a5 · #102b2f · #00080b · #b94e41

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d7f9ff · #00a2b4 · #b94e41 · #006774 · #002b32 · #080000

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#d0d9b5 · #6fb3aa · #b94e41 · #4a667d · #303a2d · #180b03

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#dffae3 · #59a269 · #b94e41 · #3c53a9 · #101a5e · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#eef6d7 · #889944 · #b94e41 · #006774 · #2f0d56 · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#C9695C · #D88376 · #E79D91 · #F5B7AD · #FFD3CB

Shades

#9D3C31 · #812B22 · #671B14 · #4D0905 · #340000

Muted

#AC594D · #9F6259 · #906A63

Using Conker

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.

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