Heroic Red `#D1191C`

Heroic Red (#D1191C) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 28°, lightness 0.55 and chroma 0.213. 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	`#D1191C`
RGB	`rgb(209, 25, 28)`
HSL	`hsl(359, 79%, 46%)`
HSV	`hsv(359, 88%, 82%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 88%, 87%, 18%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(44.7 66.4 48.2)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.549 0.213 28)`

How Heroic Red behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Heroic Red 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): → #d10e17 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #d4151a — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #d1191c — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #d21a1d — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged

Test Heroic Red 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 5.43:1 and against black 3.87:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Heroic Red

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.

#ffb0a5 · #fe695d · #d1191c · #a7000b · #6c0004 · #370000

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.

#d97900 · #d65400 · #d1191c · #b30043 · #920053 · #71005a

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.

#e1a000 · #b1873b · #d1191c · #a2040d · #730004 · #2f1e00

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 · #b6837c · #d1191c · #87332c · #611713 · #360705

Quiet Support

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

#dcf8fc · #a4837e · #d1191c · #495c5f · #391916 · #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 · #00070a · #d1191c

Complementary

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

#d6faff · #009eae · #d1191c · #00646f · #002a2f · #080000

Split-complementary

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

#ccd9b5 · #6db0ab · #568bb7 · #d1191c · #536556 · #180c03

Triadic

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

#d6feda · #29a649 · #d1191c · #2742cc · #0a0077 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#eef8c8 · #859700 · #d1191c · #00646f · #2f005e · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#E04B41 · #EF6D61 · #FC8D80 · #FFB0A5 · #FFD2CB

Shades

#B2000C · #900008 · #6F0004 · #500002 · #330000

Muted

#C03E35 · #AD5148 · #995F58

Using Heroic Red

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.