Pimento `#DC5D47`

Pimento (#DC5D47) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 32°, lightness 0.64 and chroma 0.164. 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	`#DC5D47`
RGB	`rgb(220, 93, 71)`
HSL	`hsl(9, 68%, 57%)`
HSV	`hsv(9, 68%, 86%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 58%, 68%, 14%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(55.6 48.3 37.4)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.636 0.164 32)`

How Pimento behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Pimento is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #dd5840 — ΔE 1.0, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #e05c45 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #dc5d47 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #dd5e48 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Pimento 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 3.68:1 and against black 5.7:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Pimento

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.

#ffd9d1 · #ff9d8a · #dc5d47 · #b94330 · #8a2110 · #590500

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.

#e89d51 · #e47d44 · #dc5d47 · #c24b5a · #a43e65 · #853468

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.

#c2a56c · #dc5d47 · #af4836 · #694c00 · #6a0900 · #291c00

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.

#00dcf9 · #dc5d47 · #856059 · #75372b · #511c13 · #2a0804

Quiet Support

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

#e1f6fb · #ba9f9a · #dc5d47 · #657376 · #402722 · #000406

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.

#e7f5f8 · #bccdd0 · #8da0a4 · #0d282d · #000508 · #dc5d47

Complementary

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

#d9f8ff · #00bbd4 · #dc5d47 · #007e90 · #00353e · #080000

Split-complementary

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

#d2dbb6 · #90c6be · #dc5d47 · #4a78a1 · #374435 · #190c03

Triadic

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

#dafce2 · #5fbe7c · #dc5d47 · #5065ce · #1a2073 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#ecf8d3 · #99b34e · #dc5d47 · #007e90 · #3d0f67 · #000204

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#E77661 · #F18E7B · #FBA594 · #FFBEB1 · #FFD9D1

Shades

#BA4834 · #983322 · #781E10 · #5A0800 · #380000

Muted

#CD6A58 · #BD7567 · #AC7E74

Using Pimento

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.