Hot Shot `#EC4F28`

Hot Shot (#EC4F28) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 35°, lightness 0.64 and chroma 0.2. 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	`#EC4F28`
RGB	`rgb(236, 79, 40)`
HSL	`hsl(12, 84%, 54%)`
HSV	`hsv(12, 83%, 93%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 67%, 83%, 7%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(55.7 58.7 54.1)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.640 0.200 35)`

How Hot Shot behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Hot Shot 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.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ed4a21 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #f04e25 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ec4f28 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ed5029 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Hot Shot 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 3.67:1 and against black 5.72:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Hot Shot

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.

#ffdbd2 · #ffa088 · #ec4f28 · #c73408 · #8e1f00 · #580e00

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.

#f29b2a · #f27714 · #ec4f28 · #d13c4d · #b22f60 · #912769

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.

#c6a75d · #ec4f28 · #bd3d1d · #684e00 · #691300 · #2a1d00

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.

#00dbfe · #ec4f28 · #8b5f54 · #7e3220 · #581606 · #2f0500

Quiet Support

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

#def7fe · #bf9f97 · #ec4f28 · #64757a · #44261e · #000407

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.

#e7f5f8 · #bdced2 · #90a2a7 · #132c32 · #000a0e · #ec4f28

Complementary

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

#dbf8ff · #00bbda · #ec4f28 · #007f95 · #003640 · #080000

Split-complementary

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

#dbf8ff · #00c1b2 · #ec4f28 · #0077bc · #003833 · #000614

Triadic

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

#d3fee0 · #3bc479 · #ec4f28 · #545de3 · #201382 · #000601

Tetradic

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

#e9face · #91b836 · #ec4f28 · #007f95 · #43006e · #000407

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F66C4C · #FF876A · #FFA48E · #FFC0AF · #FFD9CF

Shades

#C83913 · #A32500 · #7D1900 · #580E00 · #360400

Muted

#DA6246 · #C8715B · #B47C6F

Using Hot Shot

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.