Red Wine #8C0034

About this color

#8C0034 is a dark, vivid red. In OKLCH its lightness is 41%, its chroma 0.163 and its hue 11°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Red Wine. White text reads best on it, at 9.70:1.

Colors that go with Red Wine

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

Color palettes with Red Wine

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

• Sunburst Road Trip
• Jack Feast
• Cherry Compote
• Mulberry Crumble
• Fig Jam
• Pomegranate and Blackcurrant
• Plum Basket
• Sorrel Pasture

Similar named colors

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

• Wine #80013F ΔE 0.034
• Red Purple #820747 ΔE 0.038
• Purple Red #990147 ΔE 0.039
• Bordeaux #7B002C ΔE 0.040
• Cranberry #9E003A ΔE 0.040
• Mulberry #920A4E ΔE 0.041
• Wine Red #7B0323 ΔE 0.044
• Berry #990F4B ΔE 0.045

More about Red Wine

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Red Wine

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.

• 1 part red
• 1 part purple

Recipe result: #8A2E48, a difference of ΔE 0.052 from Red Wine. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Red Wine 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 Red Wine

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

   #FEF2F3

   oklch(97.1% 0.013 11.5)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FCE3E5

   oklch(93.7% 0.028 12.1)

3. Step 200

   200

   #FACBD1

   oklch(88.4% 0.054 9.6)

4. Step 300

   300

   #F7A7B2

   oklch(80.9% 0.095 10.4)

5. Step 400

   400

   #EF7489

   oklch(70.8% 0.152 11.1)

6. Step 500

   500

   #E5476C

   oklch(63.1% 0.194 10.9)

7. Step 600

   600

   #D11754

   oklch(55.6% 0.213 10.9)

8. Step 700

   700

   #B40045

   oklch(49.2% 0.197 10.8)

9. Step 800

   800 (this color)

   #8C0034

   oklch(40.9% 0.163 10.7)

10. Step 900

    900

    #751831

    oklch(37.6% 0.127 10.5)

11. Step 950

    950

    #45111D

    oklch(27% 0.08 10.5)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Red Wine 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.