Strawberry `#FB2943`

Strawberry (#FB2943) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 22°, lightness 0.64 and chroma 0.238. 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	`#FB2943`
RGB	`rgb(251, 41, 67)`
HSL	`hsl(353, 96%, 57%)`
HSV	`hsv(353, 84%, 98%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 84%, 73%, 2%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(54.6 75.5 39.8)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.638 0.238 22)`

How Strawberry behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Strawberry is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #fb1f3d — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #ff2641 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #fb2943 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #fc2a44 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged

Test Strawberry 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 3.82:1 and against black 5.5:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Strawberry

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.

#ffdad7 · #ff9c99 · #fb2943 · #d2002e · #95001d · #5c000e

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.

#ff8f38 · #ff6632 · #fb2943 · #da1a65 · #b51878 · #8f1980

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.

#d69e4d · #fb2943 · #c91d33 · #704900 · #6d0013 · #2d1a00

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.

#00deeb · #fb2943 · #905a58 · #85252a · #5e0511 · #320004

Quiet Support

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

#d9f9fb · #c39c9a · #fb2943 · #607677 · #472221 · #000203

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.

#e6f5f6 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282a · #000607 · #fb2943

Complementary

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

#dbd9b3 · #c98fb1 · #fb2943 · #196782 · #2e3d69 · #030f28

Split-complementary

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

#cffcff · #00c39d · #fb2943 · #007ba7 · #00382b · #00040a

Triadic

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

#d7ffd3 · #53c34a · #fb2943 · #1260f8 · #002477 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f2f7c0 · #aab000 · #fb2943 · #008188 · #37007b · #000203

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FF5D62 · #FF8381 · #FFA29E · #FFBEBA · #FFD8D6

Shades

#D50830 · #AB0024 · #830018 · #5C000E · #390005

Muted

#E74F55 · #D16665 · #BA7674

Using Strawberry

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.