#CA0147Ruby (#CA0147) is a mid-tone, vivid pink with an OKLCH hue of 14°, lightness 0.53 and chroma 0.213. 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 | #CA0147 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(202, 1, 71) |
| HSL | hsl(339, 99%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(339, 100%, 79%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 65%, 21%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(42.8 69 20.8) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.534 0.213 14) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Ruby shifts subtly: drifts toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ca0041 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: drifts toward red#cd0045 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#ca0147 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#cb0248 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Ruby 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 5.82:1 and against black 3.61:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#ffa6ae · #f76179 · #ca0147 · #9d0035 · #64001e · #300009
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.
#e06927 · #d84233 · #ca0147 · #a8005c · #850067 · #630069
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.
#ed9000 · #b67c3e · #ca0147 · #990033 · #6b0021 · #2f1700
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.
#00e0de · #b17e82 · #ca0147 · #822d3b · #5b1021 · #31030d
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#dcf9f7 · #a07d80 · #ca0147 · #455857 · #37171b · #000202
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.
#e6f5f5 · #bccdcc · #8da0a0 · #0b2727 · #000505 · #ca0147
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#c4fffd · #009b9a · #ca0147 · #006160 · #002928 · #160002
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#ced6b2 · #7ac1df · #69a891 · #ca0147 · #4f5f4c · #1f0b03
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e1fcd0 · #5a9c15 · #ca0147 · #00539e · #002248 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f9f5c3 · #968a00 · #ca0147 · #006160 · #210066 · #000202
#DB4360 · #EA677A · #F88895 · #FFABB3 · #FFCFD3
#A9003A · #89002D · #6A0021 · #4D0015 · #31000A
#B93550 · #A84B58 · #945A60
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.