Red Baron `#BB0011`

Red Baron (#BB0011) is a dark, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 27°, lightness 0.5 and chroma 0.203. 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	`#BB0011`
RGB	`rgb(187, 0, 17)`
HSL	`hsl(355, 100%, 37%)`
HSV	`hsv(355, 100%, 73%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 100%, 91%, 27%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(38.9 63.6 46.8)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.498 0.203 27)`

How Red Baron behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Red Baron 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.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #bb000c — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #be000f — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #bb0011 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #bc0112 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged

Test Red Baron 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 6.73:1 and against black 3.12:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Red Baron

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.

#ff9589 · #e85c52 · #bb0011 · #8e0009 · #550002 · #240000

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.

#c46c00 · #bf4900 · #bb0011 · #9a0039 · #7a0046 · #5b0049

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.

#e4b565 · #cd9100 · #a07830 · #bb0011 · #8a0009 · #5c0003

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.

#00ddf2 · #a4756f · #bb0011 · #752621 · #4f0908 · #260000

Quiet Support

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

#ddf8fc · #ceaca8 · #6e8183 · #bb0011 · #62403b · #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.

#e6f5f7 · #bccdd0 · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #bb0011

Complementary

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

#cdd6b2 · #cc9dbe · #2ea695 · #bb0011 · #435940 · #190c03

Split-complementary

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

#d3dcb7 · #85b4dc · #64a29e · #bb0011 · #455644 · #190b03

Triadic

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

#d8fedb · #64d176 · #476ff3 · #bb0011 · #213ba5 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#eef8ca · #aec232 · #008d9b · #bb0011 · #572899 · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#CE4139 · #DF665B · #F0877B · #FFA79D · #FFCEC7

Shades

#9D000B · #800007 · #630004 · #490002 · #300000

Muted

#AB312B · #9A443D · #88524C

Using Red Baron

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.