#820000Salami (#820000) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 29°, lightness 0.38 and chroma 0.156. 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 | #820000 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(130, 0, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 100%, 25%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 100%, 51%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 100%, 49%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(26 48.6 38.7) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.381 0.156 29) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Salami 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.
#820000 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#840000 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#820000 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#820000 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchangedTest Salami 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 10.77:1 and against black 1.95:1, 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.
#d77d70 · #b55245 · #820000 · #630000 · #2f0000 · #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.
#925100 · #893500 · #820000 · #65001f · #490025 · #2e0022
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.
#d4b277 · #db796b · #9e7200 · #745924 · #820000 · #550000
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.
#00dcf5 · #aa6f65 · #795751 · #820000 · #48100b · #200302
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e2f6fa · #b69c98 · #505e60 · #820000 · #3c2421 · #000203
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 · #bccdd0 · #8ea1a5 · #0f2a2e · #00070a · #820000
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d7f9ff · #00b8cd · #006774 · #820000 · #003239 · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bddec4 · #7dcbb0 · #547f91 · #485473 · #820000 · #220611
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ddfbe1 · #66b977 · #3950b1 · #820000 · #141f6c · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eef7d4 · #9aae4d · #006774 · #820000 · #371062 · #000304
#9C372C · #B55B4F · #CD7F73 · #E5A297 · #FBC6BD
#6F0000 · #5C0000 · #4A0000 · #390000 · #290000
#771F17 · #6A2D25 · #5D3731
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.