Colors / red
Darkred #8B0000
#8B0000oklch(0.3999 0.1641 29.2)
darkred (#8B0000) is a dark moderately saturated red. In OKLCH it has lightness 40.0%, chroma 0.164 and hue 29.2°; its relative luminance is 5.5%. White text reads best on it (APCA Lc 95, WCAG 10.01:1). It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 1.9).
#8B0000 in every format
| HEX | #8B0000 |
| RGB | rgb(139 0 0) |
| HSL | hsl(0.0 100.0% 27.3%) |
| HSB / HSV | hsb(0.0 100.0% 54.5%) |
| HWB | hwb(0.0 0.0% 45.5%) |
| CMYK (formula) | cmyk(0/100/100/45) |
| CMYK (FOGRA39 coated) | cmyk(27/100/100/33) |
| CIELAB (D50) | lab(28.76 51.45 42.80) |
| LCh | lch(28.76 66.93 39.8) |
| OKLab | oklab(0.3999 0.1432 0.0801) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.3999 0.1641 29.2) |
| CIE XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.10647 0.05490 0.00499) |
| CIE xyY | xyY(0.6400 0.3300 0.0549) |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.4982 0.0902 0.0551) |
| Linear sRGB | color(srgb-linear 0.25818 0.00000 0.00000) |
| CSS name | darkred |
Text on #8B0000
White textWCAG 10.01:1 · APCA Lc 95
Black textWCAG 2.10:1 · APCA Lc 13