#9f2500

Color #9f2500

A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Closest named color Dark Red #8b0000 · ΔE 10.42 Nearest Tailwind class orange-800 #9f2d00 · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9f2500

RGB

rgb(159, 37, 0)

HSL

hsl(14, 100%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(14, 100%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 100%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(35.39, 48.45, 48.28)

LCH

lch(35.39, 68.4, 44.9)

OKLCH

oklch(46.2%, 0.163, 34.75)

HWB

hwb(14, 0%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#007a9f

Analogous

#9f002a

#9f2500

#9f7500

Triadic

#9f2500

#009f25

#25009f

Split-complementary

#9f2500

#009f75

#002a9f

Tetradic

#9f2500

#7a9f00

#007a9f

#25009f

Square

#9f2500

#2a9f00

#007a9f

#75009f

Shades

Color #9f2500 mixed toward black.

#851f00

#6a1900

#501300

#350c00

#1b0600

Tints

Color #9f2500 mixed toward white.

#da3300

#ff4c15

#ff7850

#ffa58a

#ffd2c5

Tones

Color #9f2500 mixed toward gray.

#922c0d

#85331b

#773a28

#6a4135

#5d4842

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.74:1

White text reads better on this background (7.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7c0e · ΔE 40.9

Deuteranopia

#828911 · ΔE 45.6

Tritanopia

#9c1617 · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 27.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9f2500;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f2500]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Tomato #ff6347

Sienna #a0522d

Frequently asked questions

#9f2500 (#9f2500) is rgb(159, 37, 0) in RGB.

No, #9f2500 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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