#CC4411Fire Bolt (#CC4411) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 38°, lightness 0.57 and chroma 0.181. 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.
| HEX | #CC4411 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(204, 68, 17) |
| HSL | hsl(16, 85%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(16, 92%, 80%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 67%, 92%, 20%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(48.3 51.9 54.8) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.574 0.181 38) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Fire Bolt 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.
#cd3f08 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#cf430d — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#cc4411 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#cd4512 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Fire Bolt 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 4.77:1 and against black 4.4:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#ffbda9 · #f8805c · #cc4411 · #a43000 · #6d1c00 · #3b0900
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.
#d38b21 · #d26900 · #cc4411 · #b33039 · #97224a · #781851
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.
#ddaf00 · #ac9452 · #cc4411 · #9f3004 · #741f00 · #322500
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.
#01d7ff · #b88e82 · #cc4411 · #87432e · #622715 · #381307
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e0f6fd · #a88c84 · #cc4411 · #536266 · #391f17 · #000306
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.
#e7f5f9 · #bdcdd2 · #90a2a8 · #132c33 · #000a0f · #cc4411
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#ddf7ff · #00a4c3 · #cc4411 · #006a7f · #002c37 · #250200
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bbdfc8 · #78b4db · #cc4411 · #447065 · #2a3450 · #1d040b
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d5fee4 · #27ad70 · #cc4411 · #4c4ac1 · #1e0a6f · #000501
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e7f9d3 · #7aa336 · #cc4411 · #006a7f · #3a005a · #000407
#DA633E · #E87F5F · #F49A7F · #FFB59F · #FFD4C7
#AD3300 · #8B2700 · #6B1B00 · #4C1000 · #310500
#BD5534 · #AC614A · #9B6B5C
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.