#860111Red Devil (#860111) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 25°, lightness 0.39 and chroma 0.158. 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 | #860111 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(134, 1, 17) |
| HSL | hsl(353, 99%, 26%) |
| HSV | hsv(353, 99%, 53%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 99%, 87%, 47%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(27.1 49.8 32.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.391 0.158 25) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Red Devil is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#86000e — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged#880010 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#860111 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#860112 — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchangedTest Red Devil 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 10.36:1 and against black 2.03:1, 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.
#d97c74 · #b6504b · #860111 · #630008 · #2f0001 · #080000
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.
#995000 · #913200 · #860111 · #690026 · #4c002b · #310028
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.
#dab47a · #df7a73 · #a67200 · #7a5a28 · #860111 · #590007
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.
#00ddef · #ae716b · #7d5956 · #860111 · #4b1211 · #230404
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e2f6f9 · #b89e9b · #536163 · #860111 · #3f2724 · #000203
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 · #bccdcf · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #860111
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d3faff · #00baca · #006b74 · #860111 · #00353b · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d8dab4 · #8dc2e1 · #507f73 · #4b5c49 · #860111 · #1a0b03
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dffbdf · #6eba72 · #3156b6 · #860111 · #0c2470 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f0f6d2 · #a2ae49 · #006b74 · #860111 · #361568 · #000304
#9F3735 · #B85C56 · #D07F78 · #E6A29C · #FDC6C0
#72000C · #5F0008 · #4C0004 · #3A0002 · #290001
#7A2020 · #6E2F2B · #603935
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.