#B6321ESmouldering (#B6321E) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 32°, lightness 0.52 and chroma 0.172. 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 | #B6321E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(182, 50, 30) |
| HSL | hsl(8, 72%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(8, 84%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 73%, 84%, 29%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(41.7 51.9 42.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.517 0.172 32) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Smouldering is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#b72d19 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#b9311c — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#b6321e — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#b7331f — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Smouldering 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 6.06:1 and against black 3.46:1, 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.
#ffa08e · #e26f5b · #b6321e · #931400 · #5c0500 · #2b0000
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.
#c3771f · #bf570e · #b6321e · #9c1f38 · #7f1244 · #620a48
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.
#e1be7b · #cf9a00 · #9e8145 · #b6321e · #8b1e0e · #630600
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.
#00dcf9 · #a57d75 · #b6321e · #743328 · #50180f · #280603
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e0f7fb · #967b76 · #b6321e · #445255 · #311814 · #000304
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.
#e7f5f8 · #bdcdd1 · #8fa2a6 · #102a2f · #00080b · #b6321e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d9f9ff · #0093a7 · #b6321e · #005a67 · #00252c · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#b8dec7 · #8cc4b9 · #619cc1 · #b6321e · #485377 · #1e050f
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d9fce1 · #329957 · #b6321e · #323fab · #100764 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ecf8d2 · #768e1a · #b6321e · #005a67 · #2d0053 · #000305
#C85541 · #D97361 · #E99180 · #F8AFA0 · #FFD0C6
#9B2310 · #811302 · #650700 · #4A0200 · #310000
#A84433 · #995144 · #885B52
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.