Dark Red color: #8b0000
The CSS keyword darkred is #8b0000, rgb(139, 0, 0) or hsl(0, 100%, 27%). Its codes to copy, 50–950 tint scale, harmonies and contrast on white and black.
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About Dark Red
Dark Red is a dark red. Its hue sits at 29° in OKLCH and 0° in HSL — the two wheels are spaced differently, which is why the numbers disagree.
The keyword darkred comes from the X Window System color list, which SVG 1.0 adopted and CSS Color Level 3 brought to every stylesheet.
Dark Red tint scale, 50 to 950
Eleven steps at fixed perceived lightness, in OKLCH, holding darkred’s own hue from end to end. The keyword itself falls closest to step 700 (#942219), the one outlined; step 500 is #d75748.
Harmonies built on Dark Red
Hue angles measured in OKLCH, so every accent keeps darkred’s perceived lightness. Its complement is #00515c, closest to the named color darkslategray.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-complementary
Dark Red on white and on black
White text reads better on darkred (10.01:1). As a text color it is readable on a white page (10.01:1, AAA). AA asks 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA asks 7:1.
Named colors close to Dark Red
Open darkred in the full tools
- Open in Color Converter — convert it to any other notation.
- Open in Palette Generator — export its scale as --darkred-50 … --darkred-950 tokens.
- Open in Color Harmonies — turn the wheel and compare OKLCH with HSL.
- Open in Contrast Checker — test it against any background, with the closest passing shade.
- Open in Color System Generator — derive a light and dark token set from it.
Or browse every named color from the color converter.