Opal Flame `#E95C4B`

Opal Flame (#E95C4B) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 30°, lightness 0.65 and chroma 0.178. 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	`#E95C4B`
RGB	`rgb(233, 92, 75)`
HSL	`hsl(6, 78%, 60%)`
HSV	`hsv(6, 68%, 91%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 61%, 68%, 9%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(57.6 53.6 38)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.655 0.178 30)`

How Opal Flame behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Opal Flame is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ea5744 — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #ed5b48 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #e95c4b — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ea5d4c — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Opal Flame 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 3.44:1 and against black 6.1:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Opal Flame

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.

#ffe2dd · #ffa698 · #e95c4b · #c54234 · #951e14 · #640000

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.

#f59f4f · #f17e44 · #e95c4b · #cd4b61 · #ae3f6d · #8d3672

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.

#ccaa6c · #e95c4b · #bb483a · #715000 · #750401 · #301f00

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.

#00dcf6 · #e95c4b · #8d645e · #7e3930 · #591e17 · #300b07

Quiet Support

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

#e0f7fb · #e95c4b · #8a6e6a · #3b4a4c · #2e1410 · #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.

#e6f5f8 · #bccdd0 · #8ea2a5 · #102b2f · #00080b · #e95c4b

Complementary

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

#d7f9ff · #e95c4b · #008595 · #00505b · #002227 · #080000

Split-complementary

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

#d7f9ff · #e95c4b · #008978 · #004c72 · #00231d · #000611

Triadic

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

#dafddf · #e95c4b · #228c44 · #2535a4 · #0b0061 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#edf8d0 · #e95c4b · #6d8000 · #00505b · #27004d · #000305

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F27665 · #FB8E7D · #FFA799 · #FFC1B7 · #FFDAD3

Shades

#C54637 · #A13024 · #7F1A11 · #5F0000 · #3A0000

Muted

#D96B5C · #C7786B · #B5827A

Using Opal Flame

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.