Firebug `#CD5C51`

Firebug (#CD5C51) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 28°, lightness 0.61 and chroma 0.146. 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	`#CD5C51`
RGB	`rgb(205, 92, 81)`
HSL	`hsl(5, 55%, 56%)`
HSV	`hsv(5, 60%, 80%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 55%, 60%, 20%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(53.2 44 28.3)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.613 0.146 28)`

How Firebug behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Firebug 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): → #ce584a — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #d15c4f — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #cd5c51 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ce5d52 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Firebug 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 4:1 and against black 5.25:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Firebug

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.

#ffcfc8 · #fa9487 · #cd5c51 · #ab433a · #7e211c · #520001

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.

#dd975b · #d77950 · #cd5c51 · #b34b5e · #963e64 · #783464

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.

#f3b641 · #bb9e6e · #cd5c51 · #a2463d · #7f2b25 · #432c00

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.

#ffe6e2 · #00ddf3 · #cd5c51 · #7b5b56 · #6b332d · #3f1f1b

Quiet Support

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

#e3f6f9 · #b19995 · #cd5c51 · #606d6f · #3b2522 · #000102

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 · #bccdd0 · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2e · #00070a · #cd5c51

Complementary

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

#d6faff · #1bb3c5 · #cd5c51 · #007885 · #003339 · #080000

Split-complementary

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

#d6faff · #33b79f · #cd5c51 · #0072a4 · #00342c · #00050f

Triadic

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

#dffae2 · #6ab375 · #cd5c51 · #4563bd · #122268 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#eff6d6 · #99a94f · #cd5c51 · #007885 · #351560 · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#DA7569 · #E68D81 · #F1A49A · #FCBCB3 · #FFD7D1

Shades

#AD483E · #8E342D · #70211B · #530D0B · #380000

Muted

#BF675D · #B17068 · #A27873

Using Firebug

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.