Deep Red #9A0200

About this color

#9A0200 is a dark, vivid red. In OKLCH its lightness is 43%, its chroma 0.176 and its hue 29°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Deep Red. White text reads best on it, at 8.81:1.

Colors that go with Deep Red

Matches found by rotating Deep Red around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Deep Red

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Deep Red, closest first.

• Jack Feast
• Harvest Orchard
• Disco Kitchen
• Sorrel Pasture

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Deep Red, with their ΔE distance.

• Blood Red #980002 ΔE 0.005
• Carmine #9D0216 ΔE 0.015
• Brick Red #8F1402 ΔE 0.023
• Auburn #9B2226 ΔE 0.033
• Burnt Red #9F2305 ΔE 0.033
• Dark Red #8B0000 ΔE 0.034
• Brown Red #922B05 ΔE 0.040
• Red Brown #8B2E16 ΔE 0.047

More about Deep Red

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Deep Red

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts red
• 1 part blue

Recipe result: #903235, a difference of ΔE 0.058 from Deep Red. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Deep Red in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Deep Red

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 800.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FFF2F0

   oklch(97.1% 0.014 28)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FDE3DE

   oklch(93.6% 0.03 30.6)

3. Step 200

   200

   #FDCCC3

   oklch(88.5% 0.057 30.3)

4. Step 300

   300

   #FCA79A

   oklch(80.9% 0.103 29)

5. Step 400

   400

   #F67361

   oklch(70.8% 0.164 29.7)

6. Step 500

   500

   #EE4233

   oklch(63.1% 0.211 29.3)

7. Step 600

   600

   #D90400

   oklch(55.7% 0.227 29.4)

8. Step 700

   700

   #B70300

   oklch(49% 0.2 29.4)

9. Step 800

   800 (this color)

   #9A0200

   oklch(43.2% 0.176 29.4)

10. Step 900

    900

    #7A140D

    oklch(37.6% 0.137 29.3)

11. Step 950

    950

    #480F0A

    oklch(26.9% 0.087 29.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Deep Red with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.