Red Mana `#F95554`

Red Mana (#F95554) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 25°, lightness 0.67 and chroma 0.2. 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	`#F95554`
RGB	`rgb(249, 85, 84)`
HSL	`hsl(0, 93%, 65%)`
HSV	`hsv(0, 66%, 98%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 66%, 66%, 2%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(59.2 62.3 35.6)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.673 0.200 25)`

How Red Mana behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Red Mana 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): → #fa4f4d — ΔE 1.0, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #fd5451 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #f95554 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #fa5656 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Red Mana 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 3.25:1 and against black 6.46:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Red Mana

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.

#ffeae7 · #ffafa8 · #f95554 · #d43a3d · #a3101e · #6b000c

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.

#ffa25a · #ff7d4d · #f95554 · #da466d · #b83c7c · #953581

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.

#d9ad69 · #f95554 · #c94342 · #7b5300 · #7e0010 · #372200

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.

#00ddee · #f95554 · #966864 · #893936 · #621d1d · #380c0c

Quiet Support

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

#ddf8fb · #f95554 · #92726f · #3c4e50 · #311412 · #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 · #bccdcf · #8ea2a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #f95554

Complementary

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

#dce6c1 · #3fdecc · #f95554 · #9c6c92 · #394a36 · #190c04

Split-complementary

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

#d8dab4 · #72b6d7 · #f95554 · #416e60 · #3d4a3b · #190a02

Triadic

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

#dafdd9 · #f95554 · #2c9236 · #1037b4 · #010069 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f0f7c9 · #f95554 · #7a8300 · #00555c · #260054 · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FF736D · #FF9189 · #FFABA4 · #FFC4BE · #FFDBD7

Shades

#D23E3F · #AD262B · #890B17 · #62000A · #3B0003

Muted

#E76964 · #D47872 · #BF8580

Using Red Mana

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.