#180614Crow (#180614) is a very dark, muted magenta with an OKLCH hue of 336°, lightness 0.16 and chroma 0.042. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #180614 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(24, 6, 20) |
| HSL | hsl(313, 60%, 6%) |
| HSV | hsv(313, 75%, 9%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 75%, 17%, 91%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(3.4 8.7 -4.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.161 0.042 336) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Crow shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#180612 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward red#190613 — ΔE 0.3, shifts subtly: leans toward red#180614 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#180614 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchangedTest Crow 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 19.54:1 and against black 1.07:1, 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.
#a3959f · #7f6f7b · #5d4b58 · #3d2a38 · #180614 · #040003
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.
#725037 · #643c2e · #552927 · #441822 · #32081e · #180614
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.
#aa8984 · #8c6782 · #7d4740 · #52304a · #341d1a · #180614
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.
#9dd3b0 · #8b7b86 · #6f5969 · #513a4b · #2e222b · #180614
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ecf4ef · #bfb5bc · #7e8380 · #564c53 · #1d241f · #180614
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.
#f9eef6 · #d1c4cd · #a597a1 · #4a3a46 · #180614 · #dd66c3
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#f9eef6 · #d1c4cd · #a597a1 · #4a3a46 · #180614 · #dfc34d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d7dbb5 · #cba1d2 · #269083 · #3d513b · #221737 · #180614
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e6f7ec · #aec096 · #479189 · #46562e · #072824 · #180614
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#f6f2e1 · #c3b98d · #478d9f · #1c5866 · #27220b · #180614
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#fdefe2 · #d3b190 · #5b8f6f · #305370 · #11271a · #180614
#382634 · #5B4A56 · #81707C · #A89AA4 · #D0C5CD
#160612 · #140611 · #12050F · #10050E · #0F050C
#160813 · #140911 · #120B10
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.