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#8b0000

Dark Red Color

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A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Nearest Tailwind class red-800 #9f0712 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b0000

RGB

rgb(139, 0, 0)

HSL

hsl(0, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 100%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(28.09, 51, 41.29)

LCH

lch(28.09, 65.62, 38.99)

OKLCH

oklch(40%, 0.1641, 29.22)

HWB

hwb(0, 0%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#008b8b

Analogous

#8b0046

#8b0000

#8b4600

Triadic

#8b0000

#008b00

#00008b

Split-complementary

#8b0000

#008b46

#00468b

Tetradic

#8b0000

#8b8b00

#008b8b

#00008b

Square

#8b0000

#468b00

#008b8b

#46008b

Shades

Dark Red Color mixed toward black.

#740000

#5d0000

#460000

#2e0000

#170000

Tints

Dark Red Color mixed toward white.

#c90000

#ff0808

#ff4646

#ff8383

#ffc1c1

Tones

Dark Red Color mixed toward gray.

#800c0c

#741717

#682323

#5d2e2e

#513a3a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.1:1

White text reads better on this background (10.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6a00 · ΔE 42.3

Deuteranopia

#707600 · ΔE 46.5

Tritanopia

#880000 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#424242 · ΔE 26.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b0000;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b0000]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dim Gray #696969

Frequently asked questions

Dark Red (#8b0000) is rgb(139, 0, 0) in RGB.

No, #8b0000 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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