Devilish `#DD3322`

Devilish (#DD3322) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 30°, lightness 0.59 and chroma 0.208. 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	`#DD3322`
RGB	`rgb(221, 51, 34)`
HSL	`hsl(5, 73%, 50%)`
HSV	`hsv(5, 85%, 87%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 77%, 85%, 13%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(49.3 63.7 50.2)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.588 0.208 30)`

How Devilish behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Devilish 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): → #dd2d1c — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #e1311f — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #dd3322 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #de3423 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Devilish 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 4.59:1 and against black 4.57:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Devilish

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.

#ffc3b8 · #ff826f · #dd3322 · #b80f01 · #7d0300 · #470000

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.

#e68501 · #e46100 · #dd3322 · #c01f48 · #a0155a · #7f1161

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.

#edad00 · #bb9449 · #dd3322 · #ae2215 · #840400 · #3a2700

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.

#00dcf7 · #c29087 · #dd3322 · #924034 · #6c241b · #40120c

Quiet Support

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

#dcf8fd · #b08f88 · #dd3322 · #54666a · #3e1e19 · #000305

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.

#e6f5f8 · #bdcdd0 · #8ea2a5 · #102b2f · #00080b · #dd3322

Complementary

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

#dcdcb6 · #37beee · #dd3322 · #8d5671 · #283862 · #041126

Split-complementary

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

#d8f9ff · #00b09b · #dd3322 · #00699d · #00312a · #000510

Triadic

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

#d5fedc · #31b35d · #dd3322 · #394ed6 · #13057d · #000200

Tetradic

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

#ecf9ca · #8ba500 · #dd3322 · #006f7e · #370065 · #000305

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#EA5946 · #F67865 · #FF9685 · #FFB7AA · #FFD5CD

Shades

#BC1F10 · #9B0600 · #770200 · #550000 · #360000

Muted

#CB4D3D · #B95E50 · #A56B62

Using Devilish

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.