Ruby Fire `#F20769`

Ruby Fire (#F20769) is a mid-tone, vivid pink with an OKLCH hue of 8°, lightness 0.62 and chroma 0.245. 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	`#F20769`
RGB	`rgb(242, 7, 105)`
HSL	`hsl(335, 94%, 49%)`
HSV	`hsv(335, 97%, 95%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 97%, 57%, 5%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(51.9 79.7 13.4)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.617 0.245 8)`

How Ruby Fire behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Ruby Fire shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #f20062 — ΔE 0.9, shifts subtly: leans toward orange
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #f60067 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #f20769 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #f3086b — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Ruby Fire 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 4.19:1 and against black 5.01:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Ruby Fire

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.

#ffcfd6 · #ff8da4 · #f20769 · #c40053 · #880037 · #51001d

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.

#ff8053 · #ff5053 · #f20769 · #cc0a81 · #a4138e · #7c1791

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.

#ffaf6b · #db904e · #f20769 · #c00051 · #90003b · #4d2700

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.

#ffe6ea · #00e1d5 · #f20769 · #89535d · #7e1a39 · #4c1322

Quiet Support

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

#d9faf6 · #bd949b · #f20769 · #5a706e · #441f27 · #000202

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.

#e7f5f4 · #bccdcb · #8da19e · #0c2825 · #000504 · #f20769

Complementary

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

#d4dcb7 · #3cd0c5 · #f20769 · #885f8e · #334432 · #1a0518

Split-complementary

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

#c6fff9 · #00bf77 · #f20769 · #00788f · #00361e · #000407

Triadic

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

#e4fcc7 · #7fb500 · #f20769 · #006fb8 · #002e52 · #010400

Tetradic

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

#fff3ba · #b9a000 · #f20769 · #007c75 · #240083 · #000202

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FD4A7E · #FF7695 · #FF99AD · #FFB8C4 · #FFD5DC

Shades

#C90055 · #A20043 · #7B0031 · #580020 · #360011

Muted

#DF436F · #CA5C75 · #B36E7B

Using Ruby Fire

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.