Salametti `#E25E31`

Salametti (#E25E31) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 38°, lightness 0.64 and chroma 0.175. 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	`#E25E31`
RGB	`rgb(226, 94, 49)`
HSL	`hsl(15, 75%, 54%)`
HSV	`hsv(15, 78%, 89%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 58%, 78%, 11%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(56.5 49.1 50.1)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.643 0.175 38)`

How Salametti behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Salametti is virtually unchanged; 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): → #e3592a — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #e65d2e — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #e25e31 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #e35f32 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Salametti 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 3.57:1 and against black 5.88:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Salametti

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.

#ffddd2 · #ffa285 · #e25e31 · #be4416 · #8b2900 · #561500

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.

#e9a244 · #e8812e · #e25e31 · #c94a4d · #ad3c5c · #8e3163

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.

#c1aa6a · #e25e31 · #b54924 · #675100 · #661b00 · #2a1f00

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.

#02d6ff · #e25e31 · #886357 · #793824 · #541d0a · #2d0a01

Quiet Support

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

#e1f6fd · #bda299 · #e25e31 · #67767a · #422820 · #000407

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.

#e7f5f9 · #bdcdd2 · #90a2a8 · #142c33 · #00090f · #e25e31

Complementary

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

#dbd9b3 · #3cd1d9 · #e25e31 · #99657e · #31404f · #04110c

Split-complementary

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

#c7d9b7 · #7ba8d8 · #e25e31 · #3c6562 · #343f49 · #140c04

Triadic

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

#d5fde5 · #49c387 · #e25e31 · #5f61d5 · #251a77 · #000401

Tetradic

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

#e7f9d4 · #8eb953 · #e25e31 · #00809a · #450667 · #000408

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#EC7751 · #F68F6E · #FEA68A · #FFC1AD · #FFDACE

Shades

#BF481E · #9D3307 · #792200 · #551400 · #340700

Muted

#D26C4B · #C2775F · #B08071

Using Salametti

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.