CSS named color

Dark Red #8B0000

Dark Red is dark vivid red. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Dark Red used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
10.01:1

On white

AA ✓ AAA ✓ AA Large ✓
Aa The quick brown fox
2.10:1

On black

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✕

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Dark Red — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Dark Red by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#8B0000 ≈ Maroon #008A8A ≈ Dark Cyan

Analogous

#8A0045 ≈ Purple #8B0000 ≈ Maroon #8A4500 ≈ Saddle Brown

Triadic

#8B0000 ≈ Maroon #008A00 ≈ Green #00008A ≈ Dark Blue

Split-complementary

#8B0000 ≈ Maroon #008A45 ≈ Sea Green #00458A ≈ Midnight Blue

Tetradic

#8B0000 ≈ Maroon #458A00 ≈ Forest Green #008A8A ≈ Dark Cyan #45008A ≈ Indigo

Use Dark Red in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#8b0000], border-[#8b0000].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Dark Red into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

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Similar named colors

Maroon #800000 Firebrick #B22222 Brown #A52A2A Saddle Brown #8B4513 Crimson #DC143C Sienna #A0522D

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