Flamboyant `#F73D37`

Flamboyant (#F73D37) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 27°, lightness 0.64 and chroma 0.223. 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	`#F73D37`
RGB	`rgb(247, 61, 55)`
HSL	`hsl(2, 92%, 59%)`
HSV	`hsv(2, 78%, 97%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 75%, 78%, 3%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(55.5 68.8 47.2)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.643 0.223 27)`

How Flamboyant behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Flamboyant 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): → #f83631 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #fb3b35 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #f73d37 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #f83e38 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Flamboyant 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 3.7:1 and against black 5.68:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Flamboyant

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.

#ffdcd7 · #ffa094 · #f73d37 · #d11d1f · #980009 · #5e0003

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.

#ff9321 · #ff6b19 · #f73d37 · #d82c5b · #b6246e · #922077

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.

#d1a354 · #f73d37 · #c62e29 · #6e4c00 · #700004 · #2d1c00

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.

#00ddf3 · #f73d37 · #8f5e57 · #842c26 · #5d0e0d · #320202

Quiet Support

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

#dbf8fd · #c39e99 · #f73d37 · #62777a · #472420 · #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 · #bccdd0 · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #f73d37

Complementary

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

#e0dcb7 · #3dcee7 · #f73d37 · #9c6785 · #303f55 · #041321

Split-complementary

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

#d5faff · #00c4a8 · #f73d37 · #007bb0 · #00392f · #00050e

Triadic

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

#d5ffd9 · #47c662 · #f73d37 · #3b60f2 · #0e0f8c · #000200

Tetradic

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

#eef9c6 · #a1b500 · #f73d37 · #00818f · #3d0076 · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FF6256 · #FF8679 · #FFA498 · #FFBFB6 · #FFD9D3

Shades

#D12624 · #AD0710 · #850007 · #5E0003 · #3A0000

Muted

#E4594E · #CF6B61 · #B97A72

Using Flamboyant

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.