Desire `#EA3C53`

Desire (#EA3C53) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 19°, lightness 0.62 and chroma 0.209. 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	`#EA3C53`
RGB	`rgb(234, 60, 83)`
HSL	`hsl(352, 81%, 58%)`
HSV	`hsv(352, 74%, 92%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 74%, 65%, 8%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(53.3 66.6 28.3)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.624 0.209 19)`

How Desire behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Desire 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.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #eb364c — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #ee3a51 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ea3c53 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #eb3d54 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Desire 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 3.99:1 and against black 5.27:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Desire

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.

#ffd3d2 · #ff9497 · #ea3c53 · #c51d3c · #8d0024 · #550011

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.

#fb893e · #f66542 · #ea3c53 · #c92f6b · #a62978 · #82257c

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.

#cf9a59 · #ea3c53 · #ba2c3f · #6d4400 · #670017 · #2a1600

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.

#ffeaea · #00dfe6 · #ea3c53 · #885859 · #7b282f · #4a1a1d

Quiet Support

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

#dcf8f9 · #bc9998 · #ea3c53 · #5e7172 · #432223 · #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.

#e6f5f6 · #bbcdcd · #8ca0a1 · #0b2728 · #000506 · #ea3c53

Complementary

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

#d5dbb6 · #3dd5bd · #ea3c53 · #90648c · #31402e · #1a0b03

Split-complementary

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

#c9fdff · #00bf93 · #ea3c53 · #00779d · #003628 · #00050b

Triadic

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

#ddfdd4 · #67ba4d · #ea3c53 · #0064e1 · #002866 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f5f6c6 · #aba900 · #ea3c53 · #007c81 · #32007a · #000202

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F55F6B · #FF7C83 · #FF9D9F · #FFBBBB · #FFD7D6

Shades

#C62740 · #A40D2E · #7F001F · #5A0013 · #380007

Muted

#D8555F · #C5676A · #B07575

Using Desire

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.