Monza #C7031E

Monza (#C7031E) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 25°, lightness 0.52 and chroma 0.211. 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#C7031E
RGBrgb(199, 3, 30)
HSLhsl(352, 97%, 40%)
HSVhsv(352, 98%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 98%, 85%, 22%)
CIE Lablab(41.7 66.6 43.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.523 0.211 25)

How Monza behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Monza 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.

Test Monza 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 6.07:1 and against black 3.46:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Monza

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.

#ffa29a · #f4615b · #c7031e · #9a0013 · #600007 · #2d0001

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.

#d17000 · #cd4b00 · #c7031e · #a60042 · #85004f · #650054

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.

#d99700 · #aa7e34 · #c7031e · #960013 · #670009 · #281800

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.

#00ddf0 · #ad7b76 · #c7031e · #7f2b28 · #580e10 · #2e0203

Quiet Support

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

#dcf8fb · #9c7b77 · #c7031e · #425557 · #351614 · #000304

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.

#e6f5f7 · #bccdcf · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #c7031e

Complementary

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

#d3faff · #0096a2 · #c7031e · #005c64 · #00272b · #080000

Split-complementary

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

#d3faff · #009a81 · #c7031e · #00587c · #002820 · #00040c

Triadic

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

#d8fed8 · #2b9d3d · #c7031e · #183cc2 · #040070 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#eff8c7 · #828d00 · #c7031e · #005c64 · #2a0059 · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#D84341 · #E86861 · #F78980 · #FFABA3 · #FFCFCA

Shades

#A70016 · #870010 · #690009 · #4C0004 · #320001

Muted

#B63534 · #A44A44 · #915853

Using Monza

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.

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