Fireball `#CE2029`

Fireball (#CE2029) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 26°, lightness 0.55 and chroma 0.206. 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	`#CE2029`
RGB	`rgb(206, 32, 41)`
HSL	`hsl(357, 73%, 47%)`
HSV	`hsv(357, 84%, 81%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 84%, 80%, 19%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(44.7 64.5 41.2)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.548 0.206 26)`

How Fireball behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Fireball is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ce1824 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #d11d27 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ce2029 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #cf212a — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Fireball 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 5.44:1 and against black 3.86:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Fireball

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.

#ffafa7 · #fb6b64 · #ce2029 · #a60016 · #6b0009 · #370002

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.

#dc7601 · #d85106 · #ce2029 · #b00a48 · #900257 · #6f015c

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.

#e39e00 · #b1863f · #ce2029 · #9f0d19 · #73000b · #2f1d00

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.

#00ddf0 · #b5837e · #ce2029 · #853430 · #5f1817 · #350707

Quiet Support

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

#ddf8fb · #a3827f · #ce2029 · #495b5e · #381917 · #000304

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.

#e6f5f7 · #bccdcf · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #ce2029

Complementary

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

#d3faff · #009eac · #ce2029 · #00646d · #002a2e · #080000

Split-complementary

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

#d3faff · #00a388 · #ce2029 · #005f86 · #002b23 · #00040c

Triadic

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

#d9fed9 · #39a547 · #ce2029 · #1f46c8 · #040276 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#eff8c9 · #899500 · #ce2029 · #00646d · #2d005f · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#DE4D49 · #EC6F67 · #F98E85 · #FFAFA8 · #FFD1CC

Shades

#AF081B · #8F0011 · #6F000A · #500005 · #330001

Muted

#BD403C · #AB524C · #98605A

Using Fireball

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.