#AA262BSamba (#AA262B) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 24°, lightness 0.49 and chroma 0.168. 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 | #AA262B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 38, 43) |
| HSL | hsl(358, 63%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(358, 78%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 78%, 75%, 33%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(38 52.7 30.8) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.486 0.168 24) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Samba is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#aa2127 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#ad2529 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#aa262b — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ab262c — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Samba 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 6.95:1 and against black 3.02:1, 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.
#f9928b · #d76560 · #aa262b · #880114 · #500006 · #1f0000
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.
#bc6a25 · #b54a1f · #aa262b · #8f153e · #710946 · #540347
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.
#dbb274 · #cc8c00 · #99753f · #aa262b · #7f1119 · #570008
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.
#00deee · #d08c86 · #9b7470 · #aa262b · #6a2a28 · #3e1817
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e1f7f9 · #c8aca9 · #6d7d7e · #aa262b · #5b3e3c · #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 · #bccdcf · #8ea2a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #aa262b
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d2fbff · #00cbda · #008a94 · #aa262b · #005158 · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#daccef · #88bdb1 · #5c94bc · #aa262b · #3e4d6e · #210514
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#defbdd · #7bca7c · #4572db · #aa262b · #1e3f92 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f1f6d0 · #b2bd4f · #008a94 · #aa262b · #4e308a · #000304
#BE4C49 · #D16C67 · #E38C86 · #F4ABA5 · #FFCCC8
#91181F · #790814 · #61000A · #470005 · #2F0002
#9C3A38 · #8E4744 · #7E524E
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.