#CD123FToreador (#CD123F) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 18°, lightness 0.54 and chroma 0.21. 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 | #CD123F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(205, 18, 63) |
| HSL | hsl(346, 84%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(346, 91%, 80%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 91%, 69%, 20%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(43.9 67.6 27.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.543 0.210 18) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Toreador 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.
#cd043a — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#d00d3d — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#cd123f — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ce1340 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Toreador 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 5.59:1 and against black 3.75:1, 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.
#ffabad · #fa6673 · #cd123f · #a2002d · #680019 · #340007
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.
#e06f20 · #da4829 · #cd123f · #ad0157 · #8b0063 · #680266
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.
#ec9600 · #b6813f · #cd123f · #9e002c · #6f001c · #301a00
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.
#00dfe4 · #b48182 · #cd123f · #843038 · #5e141f · #33050c
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#dcf8f9 · #a28081 · #cd123f · #475a5b · #38181a · #000202
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.
#e6f5f5 · #bbcdcd · #8ca0a1 · #0b2728 · #000506 · #cd123f
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#c7feff · #009ea1 · #cd123f · #006365 · #002a2b · #1b0002
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#c7feff · #00a27a · #cd123f · #005f7c · #002b1e · #000409
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#defdd3 · #52a02d · #cd123f · #0051b0 · #002051 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f6f6c5 · #938f00 · #cd123f · #006365 · #260065 · #000202
#DD475A · #EC6B75 · #F98B90 · #FFADAF · #FFD0D1
#AD0031 · #8C0026 · #6C001B · #4E0010 · #320007
#BC3A4A · #AA4E55 · #975D5F
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.