Lobster `#BB240C`

Lobster (#BB240C) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 32°, lightness 0.51 and chroma 0.189. 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	`#BB240C`
RGB	`rgb(187, 36, 12)`
HSL	`hsl(8, 88%, 39%)`
HSV	`hsv(8, 94%, 73%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 81%, 94%, 27%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(41 57.6 50.1)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.513 0.189 32)`

How Lobster behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Lobster 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): → #bb1e06 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #be2209 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #bb240c — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #bc250d — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Lobster 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 6.23:1 and against black 3.37:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Lobster

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.

#ff9e8b · #e86852 · #bb240c · #921100 · #5a0500 · #290000

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.

#c57300 · #c05400 · #bb240c · #a00c34 · #820043 · #630048

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.

#e2bc71 · #ce9900 · #9f7f3c · #bb240c · #8e1000 · #610600

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.

#00dcf9 · #a77b72 · #bb240c · #772f23 · #511309 · #290301

Quiet Support

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

#dff7fc · #977973 · #bb240c · #415155 · #321712 · #000305

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 · #bdcdd1 · #8fa2a6 · #102a2f · #00080b · #bb240c

Complementary

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

#d3dcb8 · #cfa0be · #2fae98 · #bb240c · #485c43 · #190d04

Split-complementary

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

#d3dcb7 · #91bbdf · #68a79f · #bb240c · #495946 · #190c03

Triadic

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

#d7fddf · #1c9a50 · #bb240c · #2f39b3 · #100069 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#ebf8ce · #748e00 · #bb240c · #005865 · #2d0052 · #000305

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#CD4D39 · #DE6E5A · #EE8D7B · #FCAC9C · #FFCFC5

Shades

#9F1400 · #810D00 · #650700 · #4A0200 · #310000

Muted

#AC3D2B · #9C4C3E · #8A584E

Using Lobster

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.