#a00500

Color #a00500

A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Closest named color Dark Red #8b0000 · ΔE 9.06 Nearest Tailwind class red-800 #9f0712 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a00500

RGB

rgb(160, 5, 0)

HSL

hsl(1.9, 100%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(1.9, 100%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 96.9%, 100%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(33.1, 55.84, 47.09)

LCH

lch(33.1, 73.05, 40.14)

OKLCH

oklch(44.5%, 0.1802, 29.67)

HWB

hwb(1.9, 0%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#009ba0

Analogous

#a0004b

#a00500

#a05500

Triadic

#a00500

#00a005

#0500a0

Split-complementary

#a00500

#00a055

#004ba0

Tetradic

#a00500

#9ba000

#009ba0

#0500a0

Square

#a00500

#4ba000

#009ba0

#5500a0

Shades

Color #a00500 mixed toward black.

#850400

#6b0300

#500300

#350200

#1b0100

Tints

Color #a00500 mixed toward white.

#da0700

#ff1d16

#ff5650

#ff8e8a

#ffc7c5

Tones

Color #a00500 mixed toward gray.

#93120d

#851e1b

#782b28

#6b3735

#5d4443

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.52:1

White text reads better on this background (8.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7b01 · ΔE 45.2

Deuteranopia

#818801 · ΔE 49.9

Tritanopia

#9c0202 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 27.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a00500;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a00500]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#a00500 (#a00500) is rgb(160, 5, 0) in RGB.

No, #a00500 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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