#C72616Minestrone (#C72616) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 30°, lightness 0.54 and chroma 0.198. 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 | #C72616 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(199, 38, 22) |
| HSL | hsl(5, 80%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(5, 89%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 81%, 89%, 22%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(43.6 60.7 49.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.538 0.198 30) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Minestrone 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.
#c71f10 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#ca2413 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#c72616 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#c82717 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Minestrone 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 5.65:1 and against black 3.72:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#ffaa9b · #f46c59 · #c72616 · #a00800 · #660100 · #330000
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.
#d17800 · #cc5700 · #c72616 · #ab0f3c · #8c024c · #6d0052
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.
#d99f00 · #a9853f · #c72616 · #991306 · #6d0200 · #2b1c00
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.
#00dcf7 · #b08179 · #c72616 · #803329 · #5a1810 · #310603
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#def7fc · #9f807a · #c72616 · #47585b · #361914 · #000305
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.
#e6f5f8 · #bdcdd0 · #8ea2a5 · #102b2f · #00080b · #c72616
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d8f9ff · #009aad · #c72616 · #00606c · #00282f · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d8f9ff · #009e8b · #c72616 · #005a88 · #002a23 · #000510
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d6fedd · #25a252 · #c72616 · #3040c0 · #100071 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ecf8cc · #7d9500 · #c72616 · #00606c · #2f0059 · #000305
#D74F3E · #E7705E · #F58F7E · #FFAEA0 · #FFD1C8
#AA1305 · #8B0500 · #6C0200 · #4E0000 · #330000
#B74132 · #A65145 · #935E55
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.