#A81000Kid Icarus (#A81000) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 31°, lightness 0.46 and chroma 0.183. 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 | #A81000 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 16, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 100%, 33%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 100%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 90%, 100%, 34%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(35.4 56.5 49.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.465 0.183 31) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Kid Icarus 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.
#a80600 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#ab0c00 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#a81000 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#a91101 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Kid Icarus 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 7.67:1 and against black 2.74:1, 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.
#f78976 · #d55a48 · #a81000 · #7d0600 · #470000 · #180000
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.
#b26600 · #ab4800 · #a81000 · #8b002c · #6c0038 · #4f003a
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.
#d2ad65 · #bd8a00 · #90702f · #a81000 · #790500 · #4d0000
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.
#00dcf7 · #cc8477 · #976d65 · #a81000 · #662218 · #39120c
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#dff7fc · #c7a8a2 · #66767a · #a81000 · #563833 · #000305
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.
#e6f5f8 · #bdcdd1 · #8fa2a5 · #102b2f · #00080b · #a81000
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d8f9ff · #00c6df · #008293 · #a81000 · #004a54 · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d8f9ff · #00ccb4 · #007ab6 · #a81000 · #004d43 · #000510
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d8fddf · #61ca7e · #4d65dc · #a81000 · #253392 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ecf8cf · #a4be47 · #008293 · #a81000 · #502185 · #000305
#BD4231 · #D16555 · #E48777 · #F5A799 · #FFCBC2
#8E0900 · #740500 · #5B0200 · #440000 · #2E0000
#9A2F21 · #8B3F34 · #7A4B43
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.