#600000Spikey Red (#600000) is a very dark, soft red with an OKLCH hue of 29°, lightness 0.31 and chroma 0.126. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #600000 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(96, 0, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 100%, 19%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 100%, 38%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 100%, 62%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(17.9 39.2 27.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.307 0.126 29) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Spikey Red 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.
#600000 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#620000 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#600000 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#600000 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchangedTest Spikey Red 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 14.02:1 and against black 1.5:1, 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.
#c8867c · #a65d53 · #84352b · #600000 · #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.
#744001 · #6a2700 · #600000 · #450012 · #2c0013 · #16000e
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.
#b79d6f · #b76a5f · #845e00 · #5b461e · #600000 · #360000
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.
#43daf0 · #8c5d56 · #5f4540 · #600000 · #2e0403 · #0b0000
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e5f5f8 · #c5afac · #737e80 · #56413e · #600000 · #0e1d1f
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 · #600000
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d7f9ff · #5bc7d8 · #008c9c · #00515b · #600000 · #310b07
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cdd8b8 · #8bbadf · #507670 · #384538 · #600000 · #180d05
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e1f9e4 · #86c792 · #5e76c6 · #304280 · #600000 · #002108
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eef6da · #adbe73 · #008c9c · #503778 · #600000 · #001f24
#7E2F26 · #9B544A · #B8796F · #D49F96 · #F0C5BE
#540000 · #470000 · #3B0000 · #2F0000 · #240000
#57140E · #4E1F19 · #442622
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.