#990000
A dark, vivid red closely aligning with Darkred.
About #990000
At its core, #990000 is a dark and vivid hue. Its closest recognized web color is Darkred. Its digital footprint relies on 153 parts red, 0 parts green, and 0 parts blue light.
When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 100% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 0.0° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 30.0% lightness.
Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a dark color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.
Color Space Conversions
HEX#990000
RGB153, 0, 0
HSL0.0°, 100.0%, 30.0%
CMYK0%, 100%, 100%, 40%
HSV0.0°, 100.0%, 60.0%
LAB31.3, 54.7, 45.1
XYZ13.1, 6.8, 0.6
Decimal10027008
Color Harmonies
Tints, Shades & Tones
Tints (Adding White)
Shades (Adding Black)
WCAG Contrast Accessibility
8.92:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.35:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
8.52:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.00:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL
CSS Implementation
.bg-color {
background-color: #990000;
}
.text-color {
color: #990000;
}
.border-color {
border: 2px solid #990000;
}