Cosmic Red `#DA244B`

Cosmic Red (#DA244B) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 17°, lightness 0.58 and chroma 0.212. 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	`#DA244B`
RGB	`rgb(218, 36, 75)`
HSL	`hsl(347, 72%, 50%)`
HSV	`hsv(347, 83%, 85%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 83%, 66%, 15%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(47.9 68.3 25.5)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.577 0.212 17)`

How Cosmic Red behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Cosmic Red 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.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #da1c45 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #dd2149 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #da244b — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #db254c — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Cosmic Red 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 4.84:1 and against black 4.34:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Cosmic Red

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.

#ffbcbe · #ff7784 · #da244b · #b30036 · #770021 · #42000d

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.

#ed7830 · #e75237 · #da244b · #b91862 · #96146e · #731372

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.

#fc9f00 · #c28b4a · #da244b · #ab1437 · #7f0023 · #3c2100

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.

#00dfe2 · #bf8b8d · #da244b · #903a42 · #691e28 · #3d0d14

Quiet Support

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

#dcf8f8 · #ad8a8b · #da244b · #516464 · #3d1c1e · #000202

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.

#e6f5f5 · #bbcdcd · #8ca0a0 · #0b2728 · #000505 · #da244b

Complementary

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

#c4ffff · #00a9ac · #da244b · #006e6f · #002e2f · #1a0002

Split-complementary

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

#c4ffff · #00ae82 · #da244b · #006a88 · #003021 · #00050b

Triadic

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

#dffcd2 · #5eab35 · #da244b · #005bbd · #002556 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f6f5c4 · #a09900 · #da244b · #006e6f · #29006f · #000202

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#E85064 · #F4717D · #FF9097 · #FFB3B6 · #FFD3D4

Shades

#B90B3A · #97002C · #74001F · #530014 · #340008

Muted

#C94556 · #B65860 · #A26769

Using Cosmic Red

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.