#A02712Tabasco (#A02712) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 32°, lightness 0.47 and chroma 0.16. 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 | #A02712 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(160, 39, 18) |
| HSL | hsl(9, 80%, 35%) |
| HSV | hsv(9, 89%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 76%, 89%, 37%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(35.9 48.4 41.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.466 0.160 32) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Tabasco 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.
#a0230d — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#a32610 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#a02712 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#a12713 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Tabasco 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 7.52:1 and against black 2.79:1, 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.
#ef8f7c · #cc634f · #a02712 · #7b0f00 · #460300 · #190000
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.
#ae6a16 · #aa4b00 · #a02712 · #87132c · #6c0436 · #500039
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.
#ceaf70 · #bb8b00 · #8c723b · #a02712 · #761201 · #4c0400
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.
#00dcfa · #c7887b · #946f67 · #a02712 · #62271c · #37150f
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e2f6fb · #c4aaa4 · #687679 · #a02712 · #543a34 · #000406
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 · #bccdd0 · #8da0a4 · #0d282d · #000508 · #a02712
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cedebb · #c89fba · #2a9a92 · #a02712 · #3b4f3e · #160c03
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e2cff0 · #83b8b4 · #578bbc · #a02712 · #3b4566 · #220612
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dbfce2 · #6bc888 · #5568d0 · #a02712 · #2b3688 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ecf8d4 · #a3bd5c · #008295 · #a02712 · #50287c · #000204
#B54C39 · #C96C5A · #DD8C7B · #EFAB9D · #FFCCC1
#891A06 · #720D00 · #5A0700 · #430200 · #2D0000
#933828 · #864438 · #774E45
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.