Lollipop `#D91E3F`

Lollipop (#D91E3F) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 20°, lightness 0.57 and chroma 0.215. 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	`#D91E3F`
RGB	`rgb(217, 30, 63)`
HSL	`hsl(349, 76%, 48%)`
HSV	`hsv(349, 86%, 85%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 86%, 71%, 15%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(47 68.7 31.7)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.570 0.215 20)`

How Lollipop behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Lollipop is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #d91439 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #dc1b3d — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #d91e3f — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #da1f40 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Lollipop 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 4.99:1 and against black 4.21:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Lollipop

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.

#ffb9b8 · #ff747a · #d91e3f · #b0002c · #75001a · #3f0009

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.

#ea781f · #e55128 · #d91e3f · #b90e59 · #960a67 · #730b6c

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.

#f4a000 · #be8a44 · #d91e3f · #a90d2d · #7c001c · #382100

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.

#00dfe7 · #bd8988 · #d91e3f · #8e373c · #671c22 · #3c0b10

Quiet Support

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

#dcf8fa · #ab8887 · #d91e3f · #4e6263 · #3c1b1c · #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 · #d91e3f

Complementary

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

#cbfdff · #00a6ad · #d91e3f · #006b70 · #002d2f · #160001

Split-complementary

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

#c1ddc0 · #71b4c8 · #d91e3f · #426f5a · #293653 · #1d0511

Triadic

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

#dcfdd4 · #51aa3a · #d91e3f · #0054c8 · #00215c · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f4f6c4 · #999900 · #d91e3f · #006b70 · #2c006a · #000203

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#E74D5A · #F46F75 · #FF8F90 · #FFB2B1 · #FFD3D2

Shades

#B9012F · #950024 · #730019 · #52000F · #340006

Muted

#C7424D · #B55659 · #A06464

Using Lollipop

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.