#65000BRosewood (#65000B) is a very dark, soft red with an OKLCH hue of 25°, lightness 0.32 and chroma 0.129. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #65000B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(101, 0, 11) |
| HSL | hsl(353, 100%, 20%) |
| HSV | hsv(353, 100%, 40%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 89%, 60%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(19.2 40.9 24.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.319 0.129 25) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Rosewood is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#650009 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged#67000a — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#65000b — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#65000c — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchangedTest Rosewood 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 13.48:1 and against black 1.56:1, 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.
#ca847f · #a85b56 · #863230 · #65000b · #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.
#7b410a · #722602 · #65000b · #4a0019 · #300019 · #190013
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.
#be9f72 · #bc6c66 · #8c5f00 · #614821 · #65000b · #3b0003
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.
#38dceb · #91605c · #634745 · #65000b · #320606 · #0e0000
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e5f6f8 · #c6b0ae · #758182 · #5a4442 · #65000b · #112021
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 · #65000b
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d3d9b3 · #c9a1c1 · #269179 · #394b36 · #65000b · #1b0d04
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bee0ca · #77c0b3 · #5a798b · #3c4761 · #65000b · #1f0714
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e3f9e2 · #8cc88d · #577bcb · #2c4685 · #65000b · #042407
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f1f5d8 · #b4be6f · #008f9b · #4f3b7f · #65000b · #002226
#82302E · #9F5550 · #BB7A74 · #D79F9A · #F2C5C1
#580007 · #4A0005 · #3D0003 · #310002 · #250001
#5C1616 · #52211F · #482926
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.