Flame Lily `#CE0644`

Flame Lily (#CE0644) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 15°, lightness 0.54 and chroma 0.215. 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	`#CE0644`
RGB	`rgb(206, 6, 68)`
HSL	`hsl(341, 94%, 42%)`
HSV	`hsv(341, 97%, 81%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 97%, 67%, 19%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(43.8 69.3 24)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.543 0.215 15)`

How Flame Lily behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Flame Lily 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): → #ce003f — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #d10042 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ce0644 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #cf0745 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged

Test Flame Lily 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 5.62:1 and against black 3.73:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Flame Lily

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.

#ffaab0 · #fb6377 · #ce0644 · #a10032 · #68001d · #340009

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.

#e26c23 · #dc452e · #ce0644 · #ac005b · #8a0066 · #670069

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.

#ee9400 · #b87f3e · #ce0644 · #9d0031 · #6f0020 · #311a00

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.

#00e0e1 · #b48083 · #ce0644 · #852f3b · #5e1221 · #34040d

Quiet Support

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

#dcf9f8 · #a28081 · #ce0644 · #475a5a · #38181b · #000202

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.

#e6f5f5 · #bccdcd · #8ca0a0 · #0b2727 · #000505 · #ce0644

Complementary

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

#c4fffe · #009e9f · #ce0644 · #006364 · #002a2a · #180002

Split-complementary

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

#c1dcbe · #6bacbe · #5a957c · #ce0644 · #4d5e7e · #1f0519

Triadic

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

#dffcd1 · #57a020 · #ce0644 · #0053a8 · #00224c · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f7f5c3 · #968e00 · #ce0644 · #006364 · #240067 · #000202

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#DE455E · #ED6978 · #FA8993 · #FFADB2 · #FFD0D2

Shades

#AD0037 · #8C002A · #6C001F · #4E0013 · #320009

Muted

#BD384E · #AB4D57 · #975C60

Using Flame Lily

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.