#BC3033Hot Jazz (#BC3033) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 25°, lightness 0.53 and chroma 0.177. 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 | #BC3033 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(188, 48, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 59%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 74%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 74%, 73%, 26%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(42.8 55.2 32.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.529 0.177 25) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Hot Jazz is virtually unchanged; 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.
#bd2b2e — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#bf2f31 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#bc3033 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#bd3134 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Hot Jazz 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 5.82:1 and against black 3.61:1, 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.
#ffa59d · #e96f69 · #bc3033 · #99101c · #63000a · #2f0002
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.
#cc762c · #c75527 · #bc3033 · #a02048 · #811651 · #620f54
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.
#dd9800 · #a78148 · #bc3033 · #901d21 · #6a000c · #2a1900
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.
#00ddee · #aa807c · #bc3033 · #793431 · #541918 · #2c0707
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e0f7fa · #9a7e7b · #bc3033 · #465557 · #331917 · #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.
#e6f5f7 · #bccdcf · #8ea2a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #bc3033
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d2fbff · #0098a4 · #bc3033 · #005e66 · #00272b · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d2fbff · #009c81 · #bc3033 · #00597e · #002920 · #00050d
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ddfcdc · #479b4c · #bc3033 · #1f46b1 · #010e67 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f0f7ce · #848e00 · #bc3033 · #005e66 · #2a005b · #000304
#CD5450 · #DD736D · #ED918A · #FBAEA7 · #FFD0CB
#A02025 · #850E18 · #6A000C · #4D0006 · #320002
#AD4441 · #9E524D · #8D5D59
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.