#C9312BHot Lips (#C9312B) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 28°, lightness 0.55 and chroma 0.19. 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 | #C9312B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(201, 49, 43) |
| HSL | hsl(2, 65%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(2, 79%, 79%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 76%, 79%, 21%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(45.3 58.6 40.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.551 0.190 28) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Hot Lips 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.
#c92c26 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#cc2f29 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#c9312b — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ca322c — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Hot Lips 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 5.31:1 and against black 3.96:1, 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.
#ffb1a6 · #f67366 · #c9312b · #a50f12 · #6d0003 · #380000
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.
#d67c1f · #d35918 · #c9312b · #ad1f46 · #8e1553 · #6e0f58
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.
#e2a100 · #ae8948 · #c9312b · #9c1f1b · #740004 · #301e00
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 · #b3867f · #c9312b · #833931 · #5d1d18 · #340b08
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#def7fb · #a38480 · #c9312b · #4b5c5e · #371b18 · #000304
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 · #0f2a2e · #00070a · #c9312b
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d5dab4 · #30a7ef · #b37291 · #c9312b · #525c94 · #05082d
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bbddc4 · #6cacc9 · #5e937e · #c9312b · #515b83 · #210511
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d9fddd · #3da553 · #c9312b · #2c48c0 · #0a0a70 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eef8cd · #869800 · #c9312b · #00646f · #30005e · #000304
#D9564B · #E77568 · #F59286 · #FFB0A6 · #FFD2CB
#AB1F1D · #8E0B0D · #700004 · #500001 · #340000
#B9473E · #A8574E · #96625C
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.