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darkred

#8B0000

darkredCSS named color.

Formats

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Contrast & legibility

Text on white10.01:1 AA ✓
Text on black2.10:1 AA ✗

WCAG 2.2 AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. Check any pair →

Tints & shades

An 11-stop OKLCH ramp through darkred (the same engine as the theme builder). Click any stop to open its page.

Harmonies

Explore all harmonies for #8B0000

Color-blindness preview

#383000

Protanopia

#574c00

Deuteranopia

#9a0004

Tritanopia

#424242

Achromatopsia

How darkred appears to viewers with each color-vision deficiency. Full simulator →

About darkred

#8B0000 is darkred, a css named color. This page shows its rgb(139, 0, 0) / hsl(0.01, 99.95%, 27.26%) / oklch(0.3999 0.1641 29.23) values, WCAG contrast against black and white, an OKLCH tint-and-shade ramp, and complementary, analogous, and triadic harmonies — all computed in perceptually-uniform OKLCH.