Rare Red `#DD1133`

Rare Red (#DD1133) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 22°, lightness 0.57 and chroma 0.224. 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	`#DD1133`
RGB	`rgb(221, 17, 51)`
HSL	`hsl(350, 86%, 47%)`
HSV	`hsv(350, 92%, 87%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 92%, 77%, 13%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(47 71.2 38.9)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.571 0.224 22)`

How Rare Red behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Rare Red is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #dd002e — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #e00a31 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #dd1133 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #de1234 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged

Test Rare Red 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 5:1 and against black 4.2:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Rare Red

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.

#ffbab6 · #ff7575 · #dd1133 · #b10024 · #750014 · #3f0006

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.

#ea7800 · #e84e0e · #dd1133 · #bc0053 · #9a0063 · #77006a

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.

#f1a200 · #be8a3e · #dd1133 · #ad0023 · #7d0016 · #372100

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.

#00deeb · #bf8886 · #dd1133 · #913637 · #691a1e · #3d0a0d

Quiet Support

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

#dbf9fb · #ad8886 · #dd1133 · #4e6264 · #3d1b1a · #000203

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.

#e6f5f6 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282a · #000607 · #dd1133

Complementary

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

#cffcff · #00a6b0 · #dd1133 · #006b72 · #002d31 · #1b0001

Split-complementary

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

#beddc1 · #71b5d9 · #dd1133 · #426e64 · #2b3450 · #1c0514

Triadic

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

#d9fed5 · #42ad3d · #dd1133 · #044cd9 · #001b68 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f2f7c3 · #959b00 · #dd1133 · #006b72 · #2e0068 · #000203

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#EB4A51 · #F76D6D · #FF8F8C · #FFB3AF · #FFD3D0

Shades

#BA0026 · #96001D · #730013 · #53000A · #340004

Muted

#CB3E45 · #B75454 · #A26461

Using Rare Red

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.