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Dark Red #8B0000

#8B0000 · rgb(139, 0, 0)

Dark Red is the color #8B0000. In RGB it is rgb(139, 0, 0) — 55% red, 0% green and 0% blue. Its CMYK breakdown is 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 100% yellow and 45% black, and in HSL it sits at 0° hue, 100% saturation and 27% lightness. Dark Red is one of the 140 standard CSS / HTML color names, so color: dark-red works in CSS. The closest web-safe color is #990000.

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Dark Red color codes

Hex#8B0000

RGBrgb(139, 0, 0)

RGB %55%, 0%, 0%

HSLhsl(0, 100%, 27%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 100%, 55%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 100%, 100%, 45%)

OKLCHoklch(40% 0.164 29)

Closest web-safe#990000

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Contrast ratio of Dark Red against white and black text (WCAG 2.1 needs 4.5:1 for body text).

White text — 10.01:1 Black text — 2.10:1

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Shades — toward black

Tints — toward white

Tones — toward gray

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