#800020Oxblood (#800020) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 19°, lightness 0.38 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 | #800020 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(128, 0, 32) |
| HSL | hsl(345, 100%, 25%) |
| HSV | hsv(345, 100%, 50%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 75%, 50%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(25.8 48.9 21.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.380 0.152 19) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Oxblood 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.
#80001d — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#82001f — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#800020 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#800021 — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchangedAgainst white it measures 10.83:1 and against black 1.94:1, 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.
#e38e90 · #c16367 · #9f3740 · #800020 · #42000b · #150001
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.
#974b16 · #8e2d16 · #800020 · #62002d · #46002f · #2c0029
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.
#daaf7c · #d9777b · #a86b00 · #795629 · #800020 · #540011
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.
#00dfe5 · #a96e6e · #785656 · #800020 · #470f16 · #1f0305
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e2f7f7 · #b69c9c · #505e5e · #800020 · #3c2424 · #000202
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 · #bbcdcd · #8ca0a1 · #0b2728 · #000506 · #800020
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cffcfd · #00babf · #00686b · #800020 · #003335 · #150001
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d3d8b3 · #7bc4dd · #618874 · #4e5d4a · #800020 · #1b0902
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e3fadc · #7bb569 · #1b57ae · #800020 · #002762 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f4f5d2 · #aaa945 · #00686b · #800020 · #2d1666 · #000202
#9A363F · #B35A5E · #CC7E7F · #E4A1A2 · #FBC5C5
#6D0019 · #5B0013 · #49000D · #380008 · #280004
#751E28 · #692C30 · #5C3637
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.