#BB0033Hot Cuba (#BB0033) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 19°, lightness 0.5 and chroma 0.201. 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.
| HEX | #BB0033 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(187, 0, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(344, 100%, 37%) |
| HSV | hsv(344, 100%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 73%, 27%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(39.3 64.6 28.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.502 0.201 19) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Hot Cuba shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#bb002e — ΔE 0.6, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#be0031 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#bb0033 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#bc0134 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Hot Cuba 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 6.64:1 and against black 3.16:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#ff9598 · #e85c67 · #bb0033 · #8e0024 · #560012 · #250003
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.
#ce6512 · #c83f1d · #bb0033 · #9a004a · #790054 · #590055
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.
#ecb26b · #d98c00 · #a77636 · #bb0033 · #8b0023 · #5d0014
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.
#00dfe6 · #a57576 · #bb0033 · #75262d · #500915 · #270004
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ddf8f9 · #cfacac · #6f8283 · #bb0033 · #634041 · #000202
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.
#e6f5f6 · #bbcdcd · #8ca0a1 · #0b2728 · #000506 · #bb0033
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#dbd9b3 · #d5a1c1 · #2d9ecd · #bb0033 · #3f4f79 · #060c31
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#c9fdff · #00d5a4 · #008ab4 · #bb0033 · #005943 · #00040a
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#defcd5 · #7ece65 · #2277f2 · #bb0033 · #00449e · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f5f6c7 · #bfbd20 · #009094 · #bb0033 · #4d2f9f · #000202
#CE404F · #DF656C · #EF868A · #FFA7A8 · #FFCDCD
#9D0029 · #7F001F · #630016 · #49000D · #300005
#AB303F · #9B4449 · #895253
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.