Dark red

#8f000a

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark red, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark red is a deep red that reads weighty. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark red color values

Every conversion for #8f000a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8f000a

RGB143, 0, 10

HSL356, 100%, 28%

HSV356, 100%, 56%

CMYK0%, 100%, 93%, 44%

Lab29.06, 52.23, 38.4

XYZ11.38, 5.86, 0.82

Decimal9371658

Web safe#990000

Pantone1810 C

Shades of dark red

#840009 #790008 #6d0008 #620007 #570006 #4c0005 #400004 #350004 #2a0003 #1f0002

Tints of dark red

#b2000c #d5000f #f80011 #ff1c2c #ff3f4c #ff616d #ff848d #ffa7ad #ffcace #ffedee

Colors that go with dark red

Complementary#008f85 Analogous#8f0051 Analogous#8f3d00 Triadic#0a8f00 Triadic#000a8f Split complementary#008f3d Split complementary#00518f

Dark red in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 100, 93, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8f000a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 93 44

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 90 50

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark red in css

Copy #8f000a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8f000a; }
.text { color: #8f000a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8f000a; }

How dark red looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark red and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8f000a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8f000a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8f000a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark red? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8f000a and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark red, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #8f000a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.