#881111Netherworld (#881111) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 28°, lightness 0.4 and chroma 0.152. 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 | #881111 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(136, 17, 17) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 78%, 30%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 88%, 53%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 88%, 88%, 47%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(28.6 47.4 34) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.403 0.152 28) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Netherworld is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#880b0d — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#8a0f0f — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#881111 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#881112 — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchangedTest Netherworld 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 9.84:1 and against black 2.14:1, 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.
#d77d72 · #b55248 · #881111 · #630003 · #2f0000 · #080000
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.
#9a560b · #933800 · #881111 · #6e0025 · #51002c · #36002a
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.
#bb9a62 · #a87700 · #7b5f2d · #881111 · #5e0002 · #350000
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.
#00ddf3 · #b0756e · #7f5d58 · #881111 · #4e1713 · #250605
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e2f6f9 · #b9a09c · #576466 · #881111 · #422a27 · #000102
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 · #bccdd0 · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #00070a · #881111
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d6faff · #16bbce · #006e7a · #881111 · #00383f · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d3d9b4 · #98c5e3 · #528076 · #516350 · #881111 · #1a0e06
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#defbe1 · #6ebb7a · #3c59b7 · #881111 · #152771 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eff7d4 · #a0b152 · #006e7a · #881111 · #3b1968 · #000304
#A13D35 · #B96057 · #D08279 · #E6A59C · #FCC8C0
#750609 · #620003 · #4F0001 · #3C0000 · #2A0000
#7C2721 · #70332D · #633D38
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.