#990F07

A dark, vivid red closely aligning with Darkred.

About #990F07

The hex code #990F07 represents a beautifully specific shade of red. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkred. Its digital footprint relies on 153 parts red, 15 parts green, and 7 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 90% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#990F07
RGB153, 15, 7
HSL3.3°, 91.2%, 31.4%
CMYK0%, 90%, 95%, 40%
HSV3.3°, 95.4%, 60.0%
LAB32.1, 52.6, 42.8
XYZ13.3, 7.1, 0.9
Decimal10030855

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

8.66:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.43:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
8.27:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.06:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #990F07; }
.text-color { color: #990F07; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #990F07; }

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Darkred
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