#880033Macabre (#880033) is a dark, saturated pink with an OKLCH hue of 10°, lightness 0.4 and chroma 0.16. 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 | #880033 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(136, 0, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(338, 100%, 27%) |
| HSV | hsv(338, 100%, 53%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 63%, 47%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(28 52 11.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.400 0.160 10) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Macabre shifts subtly: leans toward orange; 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.
#88002f — ΔE 0.6, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#8a0032 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#880033 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#880034 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Macabre 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 10.03:1 and against black 2.09:1, 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.
#e58997 · #c25d6f · #9f2f4a · #880033 · #400013 · #130002
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.
#a34c27 · #982d2a · #880033 · #69003d · #4c003d · #300037
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.
#c69264 · #b96a00 · #845830 · #880033 · #5b001f · #32000d
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.
#00e1d9 · #b1727b · #7f5b60 · #880033 · #4e1321 · #25050c
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e2f7f5 · #b99ea1 · #566463 · #880033 · #42282c · #000202
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.
#e7f5f4 · #bccdcc · #8ea1a0 · #0e2928 · #000706 · #880033
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cefdf9 · #00bfb8 · #00706b · #880033 · #003937 · #130002
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#c7e0c1 · #7ccba3 · #538291 · #495a7d · #880033 · #1f061c
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e7f9d7 · #8bb65d · #0062ac · #880033 · #00315c · #010600
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f9f3cf · #b9a83b · #00706b · #880033 · #281e72 · #000202
#A1374F · #B95C6C · #D17F8B · #E7A2AB · #FDC5CC
#74002A · #600021 · #4C0019 · #3A0010 · #290009
#7D2138 · #70303C · #633A40
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.