Lava `#CF1020`

Lava (#CF1020) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 26°, lightness 0.54 and chroma 0.214. 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	`#CF1020`
RGB	`rgb(207, 16, 32)`
HSL	`hsl(355, 86%, 44%)`
HSV	`hsv(355, 92%, 81%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 92%, 85%, 19%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(43.9 67.3 45.3)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.542 0.214 26)`

How Lava behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Lava 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.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #cf011b — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #d20a1e — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #cf1020 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #d01121 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged

Test Lava 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 5.6:1 and against black 3.75:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Lava

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.

#ffaca3 · #fc665e · #cf1020 · #a30013 · #690007 · #340001

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.

#d87500 · #d55000 · #cf1020 · #af0045 · #8e0054 · #6d005a

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.

#e09d00 · #b08438 · #cf1020 · #9f0012 · #700009 · #2d1c00

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.

#00ddf1 · #b4817b · #cf1020 · #85302c · #5f1413 · #340505

Quiet Support

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

#dcf8fc · #a2807c · #cf1020 · #475a5c · #381816 · #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 · #bccdcf · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #cf1020

Complementary

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

#d4faff · #009caa · #cf1020 · #00626b · #00292e · #080000

Split-complementary

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

#d4faff · #00a187 · #cf1020 · #005d85 · #002b22 · #00040c

Triadic

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

#d7fed9 · #2da443 · #cf1020 · #1e41ca · #060076 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#eff8c7 · #869400 · #cf1020 · #00626b · #2d005d · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#DF4843 · #ED6B63 · #FB8B81 · #FFAEA6 · #FFD1CB

Shades

#AF0015 · #8D000E · #6D0008 · #4F0004 · #330001

Muted

#BE3A37 · #AB4F48 · #975D57

Using Lava

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.