Methadone `#CC2233`

Methadone (#CC2233) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 23°, lightness 0.55 and chroma 0.202. 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	`#CC2233`
RGB	`rgb(204, 34, 51)`
HSL	`hsl(354, 71%, 47%)`
HSV	`hsv(354, 83%, 80%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 83%, 75%, 20%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(44.6 63.9 35.2)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.547 0.202 23)`

How Methadone behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Methadone 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): → #cc1b2e — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #cf1f31 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #cc2233 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #cd2334 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Methadone 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 5.46:1 and against black 3.84:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Methadone

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.

#ffaea9 · #f96b6b · #cc2233 · #a5001f · #6b0010 · #360003

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.

#dc7519 · #d7501c · #cc2233 · #ae104d · #8d085a · #6c065f

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.

#e69c00 · #b28542 · #cc2233 · #9e0f22 · #720012 · #301c00

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.

#00deec · #b48380 · #cc2233 · #843434 · #5e181b · #340709

Quiet Support

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

#ddf8fa · #a38280 · #cc2233 · #495b5d · #381918 · #000203

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 · #cc2233

Complementary

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

#d6d9b4 · #33b89a · #9e7399 · #cc2233 · #4a6149 · #190a03

Split-complementary

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

#d0fbff · #00a384 · #cc2233 · #005f83 · #002b21 · #00060f

Triadic

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

#dbfdd8 · #45a342 · #cc2233 · #1148c5 · #001665 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f1f7c8 · #8d9300 · #cc2233 · #00646a · #2b0061 · #000203

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#DC4E50 · #EA6F6D · #F88E8A · #FFAFAA · #FFD1CE

Shades

#AE0C25 · #8E0019 · #6E0011 · #4F0009 · #330003

Muted

#BC4042 · #AA5250 · #975F5D

Using Methadone

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.