Red Mist `#C92B1E`

Red Mist (#C92B1E) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 30°, lightness 0.55 and chroma 0.196. 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	`#C92B1E`
RGB	`rgb(201, 43, 30)`
HSL	`hsl(5, 74%, 45%)`
HSV	`hsv(5, 85%, 79%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 79%, 85%, 21%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(44.6 60 46.5)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.545 0.196 30)`

How Red Mist behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Red Mist 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): → #c92519 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #cc291c — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #c92b1e — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ca2c1f — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Red Mist 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 5.46:1 and against black 3.85:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Red Mist

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.

#ffaea1 · #f66f5d · #c92b1e · #a50200 · #6a0000 · #360000

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.

#d57a05 · #d15700 · #c92b1e · #ad1740 · #8e0a4f · #6e0655

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.

#dda100 · #ac8742 · #c92b1e · #9b190f · #720000 · #2d1d00

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.

#00dcf6 · #b2847c · #c92b1e · #82362c · #5c1a13 · #330905

Quiet Support

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

#def7fc · #a1827d · #c92b1e · #495a5d · #371a16 · #000305

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.

#e6f5f8 · #bdcdd0 · #8ea2a5 · #102b2f · #00080b · #c92b1e

Complementary

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

#ccdebc · #32b2b8 · #a17491 · #c92b1e · #4b6073 · #180c03

Split-complementary

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

#d7f9ff · #00a18d · #c92b1e · #005d8a · #002b24 · #000611

Triadic

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

#d7fedd · #2ea453 · #c92b1e · #3044c1 · #0f0271 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#edf8cc · #809700 · #c92b1e · #00626f · #30005b · #000305

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#D95242 · #E87262 · #F59081 · #FFAFA2 · #FFD1CA

Shades

#AB190F · #8E0100 · #6E0000 · #500000 · #330000

Muted

#B94436 · #A85448 · #956058

Using Red Mist

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.