#AA0033Hot Lava (#AA0033) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 17°, lightness 0.47 and chroma 0.187. 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 | #AA0033 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 0, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(342, 100%, 33%) |
| HSV | hsv(342, 100%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 70%, 33%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(35.6 60.4 22.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.468 0.187 17) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Hot Lava 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.
#aa002f — ΔE 0.5, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#ad0031 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#aa0033 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ab0134 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Hot Lava 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 7.62:1 and against black 2.76:1, 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.
#fa868e · #d75765 · #aa0033 · #7f0023 · #480010 · #1a0002
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.
#c05d1c · #b83922 · #aa0033 · #8a0045 · #6a004c · #4b004b
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.
#dfa769 · #ce8100 · #9b6c34 · #aa0033 · #7b0022 · #4e0012
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.
#00dfe2 · #ce8386 · #986d6e · #aa0033 · #682029 · #3b1116
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#dff8f8 · #c8a8a8 · #677878 · #aa0033 · #573839 · #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.
#e6f5f5 · #bbcdcd · #8ca0a0 · #0b2728 · #000505 · #aa0033
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#dbd8b2 · #cc9ebe · #2a98bd · #aa0033 · #36476d · #04092a
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d3d6b1 · #7cb7c8 · #5b9779 · #aa0033 · #424d3d · #1a0802
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e1fbd6 · #82c662 · #0f70de · #aa0033 · #003f87 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f6f5ca · #bdb62b · #008587 · #aa0033 · #412990 · #000202
#BF3D4F · #D3626C · #E5848A · #F7A5A9 · #FFCACC
#8F0029 · #750020 · #5C0017 · #44000E · #2E0006
#9C2B3C · #8D3D45 · #7C4A4D
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.