#710101Hellbound (#710101) is a very dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 29°, lightness 0.35 and chroma 0.141. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #710101 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(113, 1, 1) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 98%, 22%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 99%, 44%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 99%, 99%, 56%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(22.1 43.7 33) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.345 0.141 29) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Hellbound is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#710000 — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchanged#730000 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#710101 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#710101 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchangedTest Hellbound in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 12.3:1 and against black 1.71:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
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.
#d08276 · #ad584d · #8b2d24 · #710101 · #2f0000 · #080000
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.
#844800 · #7a2e00 · #710101 · #550019 · #3a001c · #220018
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.
#c6a874 · #c97265 · #916800 · #685022 · #710101 · #460000
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.
#08dcf5 · #9b665e · #6c4e49 · #710101 · #3b0a06 · #150000
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e4f6f9 · #cbb3af · #798688 · #634a47 · #710101 · #162629
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 · #8ea1a5 · #0f2a2e · #00070a · #710101
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cdddba · #d0a8c2 · #279086 · #3f5442 · #710101 · #160c05
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d9caed · #90beba · #47739b · #414d69 · #710101 · #210613
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dffae3 · #84cd91 · #617dd7 · #374b92 · #710101 · #012c0e
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eef6d7 · #b1c36e · #0094a5 · #5b3f89 · #710101 · #00292f
#8D332A · #A8584D · #C27C71 · #DCA197 · #F6C6BE
#620000 · #520000 · #430000 · #340000 · #270000
#671A13 · #5C2620 · #512F2A
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.