Flamingo `#E1634F`

Flamingo (#E1634F) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 31°, lightness 0.65 and chroma 0.162. 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	`#E1634F`
RGB	`rgb(225, 99, 79)`
HSL	`hsl(8, 71%, 60%)`
HSV	`hsv(8, 65%, 88%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 56%, 65%, 12%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(57.6 47.8 35.5)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.652 0.162 31)`

How Flamingo behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Flamingo shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #e35e48 — ΔE 1.0, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #e5624c — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #e1634f — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
North light / shade (~7500K diffuse blue-sky light): → #e26450 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.44:1 and against black 6.1:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Flamingo

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.

#ffe1db · #ffa595 · #e1634f · #be4938 · #8f2719 · #610400

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.

#eda25a · #ea834d · #e1634f · #c75161 · #a9446b · #893a6e

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.

#c8aa73 · #e1634f · #b44e3d · #6f5000 · #6f1106 · #2f1f00

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.

#00dcf8 · #e1634f · #89655e · #7a3c31 · #552018 · #2e0c08

Quiet Support

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

#e1f6fa · #bfa59f · #e1634f · #6a787b · #422925 · #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.

#e7f5f8 · #bdcdd1 · #8fa2a6 · #102a2f · #00080b · #e1634f

Complementary

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

#d8e2bd · #5ad7c1 · #e1634f · #966a89 · #334531 · #150b04

Split-complementary

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

#d9f9ff · #1ec6b0 · #e1634f · #007dba · #003a32 · #000510

Triadic

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

#dbfce2 · #68c381 · #e1634f · #546bd3 · #1b2374 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#edf7d3 · #a0b854 · #e1634f · #008496 · #3e1469 · #000305

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#EB7B68 · #F49280 · #FDA898 · #FFC1B5 · #FFDAD2

Shades

#BE4D3B · #9B3728 · #7A2115 · #5B0B03 · #3A0000

Muted

#D2705F · #C27A6D · #B1837A

Using Flamingo

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.