Dark Red Color — #840000: Codes, Palettes & Contrast

Dark Red (#840000) color codes in RGB, HSL, and OKLCH, the most readable text color on it, WCAG contrast ratios against white and black, and matching color palettes.

Dark Red is a named orange color, ready to use anywhere you need it.

Dark Red#840000

Dark Red color codes

HEX#840000
RGBrgb(132, 0, 0)
HSLhsl(0, 100%, 26%)
OKLCHoklch(0.385 0.158 29.2)

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Readable text on Dark Red

White text (#FFFFFF) has the higher contrast against this background: 10.60:1.

Text colorRatioNormal text AANormal text AAA
Black1.98:1FailFail
White10.6:1PassPass

Normal text requires at least 4.5:1 for WCAG AA and 7:1 for AAA. Check another combination.

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