#A01600

A dark, vivid red closely aligning with Darkred.

About #A01600

Visually, #A01600 is defined as a vivid red. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkred. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 160, 22, and 0.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. Its ink density profile breaks down to 0% cyan, 86% magenta, 100% yellow, and 37% black. With a hue angle of 8.2 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

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. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A01600
RGB160, 22, 0
HSL8.2°, 100.0%, 31.4%
CMYK0%, 86%, 100%, 37%
HSV8.2°, 100.0%, 62.7%
LAB34.1, 53.0, 47.7
XYZ14.8, 8.0, 0.8
Decimal10491392

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

8.05:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.61:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
7.69:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.22:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A01600; }
.text-color { color: #A01600; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A01600; }

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Darkred
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