Red Tape `#CC1133`

Red Tape (#CC1133) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 21°, lightness 0.54 and chroma 0.21. 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	`#CC1133`
RGB	`rgb(204, 17, 51)`
HSL	`hsl(349, 85%, 43%)`
HSV	`hsv(349, 92%, 80%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 92%, 75%, 20%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(43.5 67 34)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.539 0.210 21)`

How Red Tape behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Red Tape 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): → #cc032e — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #cf0c31 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #cc1133 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #cd1234 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged

Test Red Tape 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 5.68:1 and against black 3.7:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Red Tape

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.

#ffa9a7 · #f9656a · #cc1133 · #a10023 · #670012 · #330004

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.

#dc700b · #d74918 · #cc1133 · #ac004e · #8b005b · #690060

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.

#e59800 · #b2813c · #cc1133 · #9d0022 · #6e0015 · #2e1a00

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.

#00dee9 · #b2807e · #cc1133 · #832f33 · #5d1319 · #320408

Quiet Support

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

#dcf8fa · #a17f7e · #cc1133 · #46595a · #371818 · #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 · #cc1133

Complementary

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

#cefcff · #009ca4 · #cc1133 · #006167 · #00292c · #1a0001

Split-complementary

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

#c0dcbf · #7dcca5 · #69a8b9 · #cc1133 · #475983 · #210614

Triadic

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

#dbfdd6 · #44a137 · #cc1133 · #0048c0 · #001b5a · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f3f7c6 · #8d9000 · #cc1133 · #006167 · #290061 · #000203

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#DC4750 · #EB6B6D · #F98B8A · #FFADAB · #FFD0CE

Shades

#AC0027 · #8B001D · #6C0014 · #4E000B · #320004

Muted

#BB3A42 · #A94E4F · #965C5B

Using Red Tape

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.