#C30232Pomodoro (#C30232) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 20°, lightness 0.52 and chroma 0.207. 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 | #C30232 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(195, 2, 50) |
| HSL | hsl(345, 98%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(345, 99%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 99%, 74%, 24%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(41 66.3 31.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.518 0.207 20) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Pomodoro 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.
#c3002d — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#c60030 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#c30232 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#c40333 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Pomodoro 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 6.22:1 and against black 3.38:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#ff9e9e · #f05f67 · #c30232 · #960024 · #5d0012 · #2a0003
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.
#d56909 · #cf4218 · #c30232 · #a2004c · #810057 · #600059
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.
#f1b76d · #de9100 · #ac7a37 · #c30232 · #920022 · #640014
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.
#00dfe7 · #ab7a79 · #c30232 · #7c2a2f · #560d16 · #2c0105
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#dcf8f9 · #9a7978 · #c30232 · #415354 · #341516 · #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 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282a · #000607 · #c30232
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cbfdff · #00959b · #c30232 · #005b5f · #002628 · #160001
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cbfdff · #009977 · #c30232 · #005775 · #00281c · #00050c
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ddfdd5 · #43992d · #c30232 · #0046ad · #001b51 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f4f6c6 · #888800 · #c30232 · #005b5f · #25005c · #000203
#D5424F · #E5676C · #F48889 · #FFA9A9 · #FFCECD
#A30028 · #85001E · #670015 · #4B000C · #310005
#B3333F · #A1484B · #8E5656
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.