#990020Xmas Candy (#990020) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 22°, lightness 0.43 and chroma 0.174. 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 | #990020 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(153, 0, 32) |
| HSL | hsl(347, 100%, 30%) |
| HSV | hsv(347, 100%, 60%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 79%, 40%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(31.5 55.4 29.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.431 0.174 22) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Xmas Candy 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.
#99001c — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#9b001f — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#990020 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#9a0121 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Xmas Candy 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 8.84:1 and against black 2.38:1, 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.
#f38d8a · #d05f60 · #ad2e37 · #990020 · #490009 · #1a0001
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.
#ad5709 · #a6360c · #990020 · #7a0034 · #5c003a · #3f0038
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.
#cc9f62 · #b97b00 · #8a642d · #990020 · #6b0013 · #400007
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.
#00deea · #bf7a78 · #8b6362 · #990020 · #5a191c · #2f0a0b
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e0f7f9 · #c0a3a1 · #5d6d6e · #990020 · #4c302f · #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.
#e6f5f6 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282a · #000607 · #990020
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#deddb7 · #d7b78d · #2484b0 · #57638c · #990020 · #020c2c
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#c8e4c7 · #81d2aa · #508292 · #536388 · #990020 · #210614
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dffbdb · #76c16d · #2b62cb · #990020 · #032f83 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f2f6ce · #aeb33d · #00787f · #990020 · #3d1e7c · #000203
#B03B40 · #C65F5F · #DB8280 · #EFA4A1 · #FFC8C5
#810019 · #6A0012 · #54000C · #3F0006 · #2C0003
#8C262C · #7E3637 · #6F4241
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.