Incision `#FF0022`

Incision (#FF0022) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 26°, lightness 0.63 and chroma 0.256. 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	`#FF0022`
RGB	`rgb(255, 0, 34)`
HSL	`hsl(352, 100%, 50%)`
HSV	`hsv(352, 100%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 100%, 87%, 0%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(53.4 80.4 56.3)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.629 0.256 26)`

How Incision behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Incision is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ff001c — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #ff001f — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ff0022 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ff0223 — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchanged

Test Incision 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 3.98:1 and against black 5.28:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Incision

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.

#ffd6d1 · #ff998e · #ff0022 · #cf0019 · #91000e · #580004

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.

#fe8c00 · #fe6200 · #ff0022 · #db0057 · #b7006d · #930079

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.

#d39d3c · #ff0022 · #cb0018 · #6a4800 · #6a0007 · #291900

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.

#ffedea · #00ddf1 · #ff0022 · #905751 · #861d1c · #521614

Quiet Support

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

#d7f9fe · #c39994 · #ff0022 · #5c7377 · #48201d · #000304

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.

#e6f5f7 · #bccdd0 · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #ff0022

Complementary

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

#d4faff · #00bacb · #ff0022 · #007d89 · #00353b · #080000

Split-complementary

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

#d4faff · #00bfa2 · #ff0022 · #0077a9 · #00372d · #000610

Triadic

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

#d5ffd7 · #27c44c · #ff0022 · #2c54ff · #0b0091 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#eef9be · #9fb000 · #ff0022 · #007d89 · #3a0074 · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FF5952 · #FF8076 · #FFA096 · #FFBDB5 · #FFD8D3

Shades

#D4001A · #AA0012 · #81000B · #5C0005 · #390001

Muted

#EA4641 · #D36057 · #BB726B

Using Incision

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.