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#8B0000

#8b0000 Dark Red

  • red
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
  • darkred
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#8b0000 (Dark Red) is a color from the red family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 0% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 100% yellow and 45.49% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 100% saturation and 27.25% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and luxury branding. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.01:1 (WCAG AAA).

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#990000
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Relative luminance0.0549

Complementary

  1. #8b0000
  2. #008b8b

Split complementary

  1. #8b0000
  2. #008b45
  3. #00458b

Analogous

  1. #8b0045
  2. #8b0000
  3. #8b4500

Triadic

  1. #8b0000
  2. #008b00
  3. #00008b

Tetradic

  1. #8b0000
  2. #8b8b00
  3. #008b8b
  4. #00008b

Square

  1. #8b0000
  2. #458b00
  3. #008b8b
  4. #45008b

Monochromatic

  1. #140000
  2. #3e0000
  3. #8b0000
  4. #d70000
  5. #ff2525

Shades

#8b0000 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8b0000
  2. #7d0000
  3. #6f0000
  4. #610000
  5. #530000
  6. #460000
  7. #380000
  8. #2a0000
  9. #1c0000
  10. #0e0000
  11. #000000

Tints

#8b0000 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8b0000
  2. #971a1a
  3. #a23333
  4. #ae4d4d
  5. #b96666
  6. #c58080
  7. #d19999
  8. #dcb3b3
  9. #e8cccc
  10. #f3e6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8b0000 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8b0000
  2. #8a0d0d
  3. #891a1a
  4. #882626
  5. #873333
  6. #864040
  7. #844d4d
  8. #835a5a
  9. #826666
  10. #817373
  11. #808080

Readable text 10.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #424242 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #673333 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #383000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #574c00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9a0004 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #642400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f3b00 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #940002 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8b0000 {
  color: #8b0000;
}
Background
.bg-8b0000 {
  background-color: #8b0000;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8b0000 {
  border: 2px solid #8b0000;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8b0000;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 0 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 100% 27%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8b0000 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8b0000, #8b4500);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8b0000 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 0 0 / 0.35);
}

#92000a Sangria ΔE 2.10 #800000 Maroon ΔE 2.25 #801818 Falu Red ΔE 5.20 #960018 Carmine ΔE 5.40 #882d17 Kobe ΔE 5.53 #a81c07 Rufous ΔE 6.84 #74ffff Inverted #424242 Grayscale 

Dark Red
#8b0000  rgb(139, 0, 0)  hsl(0, 100%, 27%)  Dark Red
#008b8b  rgb(0, 139, 139)  hsl(180, 100%, 27%)  Dark Cyan
#008b00  rgb(0, 139, 0)  hsl(120, 100%, 27%)  India Green
#00008b  rgb(0, 0, 139)  hsl(240, 100%, 27%)  Dark Blue