Lolita `#BF2735`

Lolita (#BF2735) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 22°, lightness 0.53 and chroma 0.187. 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	`#BF2735`
RGB	`rgb(191, 39, 53)`
HSL	`hsl(354, 66%, 45%)`
HSV	`hsv(354, 80%, 75%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 80%, 72%, 25%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(42.4 59 30.9)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.527 0.187 22)`

How Lolita behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Lolita 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): → #bf2130 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #c22533 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #bf2735 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #c02836 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Lolita 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 5.9:1 and against black 3.56:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Lolita

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.

#ffa3a0 · #ec6a6a · #bf2735 · #9b001f · #61000f · #2e0003

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.

#d07226 · #cb4f25 · #bf2735 · #a2174a · #820e55 · #620957

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.

#df9600 · #aa7f44 · #bf2735 · #921423 · #690011 · #2a1800

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.

#00deeb · #ab7e7c · #bf2735 · #7a3132 · #551619 · #2d0507

Quiet Support

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

#dff7f9 · #9b7d7b · #bf2735 · #455556 · #341817 · #000202

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.

#e6f5f6 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282a · #000607 · #bf2735

Complementary

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

#cffcff · #0097a0 · #bf2735 · #005d63 · #00272a · #1b0001

Split-complementary

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

#d7dbb5 · #6eaa9e · #5589a7 · #bf2735 · #4d5f4d · #1c0b03

Triadic

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

#ddfcda · #489b42 · #bf2735 · #0d45b6 · #00175c · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f2f6cb · #888c00 · #bf2735 · #005d63 · #28005d · #000203

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#D04F51 · #E06F6E · #F08E8B · #FEACA8 · #FFCFCD

Shades

#A31627 · #87011A · #690011 · #4C0009 · #320003

Muted

#B03F42 · #A04F4E · #8E5B59

Using Lolita

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.