Dark candy apple red / #a40000 Hex Color Code

The color dark candy apple red with hexadecimal color code #a40000 is a medium dark shade of red. In the RGB color model #a40000 is comprised of 64.31% red, 0% green and 0% blue. In the HSL color space #a40000 has a hue of 0° (degrees), 100% saturation and 32% lightness. This color has an approximate wavelength of 611.37 nm.

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Color Variations

• Inverted
  #5bffff
• 25% saturated
  #b90000
• Grayscale
  #525252
• 25% lighter
  #b91414
• Original
  #a40000
• 25% darker
  #760d0d
• Web safe: maroon
  #800000
• 25% desaturated
  #941010
• HTML: darkred
  #8b0000

Related Named Colors

• Closely Related

  1. Crimson red
     #990000 / #900
  2. Rufous
     #a81c07
  3. Blood (Animal)
     #a41313
  4. Mordant red 19
     #ae0c00
  5. Spartan Crimson
     #9e1316

• Intermediately Related

  1. Rifle green
     #444c38
  2. Legal dye (from when color use was regulated by class) (Kenpōzome)
     #2e211b
  3. Neon blue
     #1b03a3
  4. Moss green
     #8a9a5b
  5. Old lavender
     #796878

• Distantly Related

  1. Guyabano
     #f8f8f8
  2. Cultured
     #f5f5f5
  3. Anti-flash white
     #f2f3f4
  4. Lotion
     #fefdfa
  5. Baby powder
     #fefefa

Color Schemes

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• Complement

  • #006ca4

• Analogous

  • #a4003a
  • #a44c00

• Split

  • #0052a4
  • #00a49e

• Triad

  • #0044a4
  • #00a438

• Square

  • #00a400
  • #006ca4
  • #49257f

• Tetradic

  • #a4a400
  • #006ca4
  • #0044a4

#a40000 linear gradient to complementary #006ca4

1. #a40000
2. #9c2820
3. #923b3a
4. #854953
5. #72566d
6. #566188
7. #006ca4

Monochromatic Colors

1. #920000
2. #980000
3. #9e0000
4. #a40000
5. #aa0d04
6. #b01709
7. #b71f0e

Tones

1. #a40000
2. #992211 / #921
3. #8e311f
4. #823c2c
5. #754539
6. #654c45
7. #525252

Tints and Shades

#a40000 to white

1. #a40000
2. #bb4129
3. #cf6850
4. #e08e79
5. #eeb3a4
6. #f8d9d1
7. #ffffff / #fff

#a40000 to black

1. #a40000
2. #880d03
3. #6d1204
4. #521304
5. #3a1103
6. #230c01
7. #000000 / #000

Paints

Exact Matching Paints

• Red

  GM / General Motors

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   #a50004 ΔE = 0.656 / LRV ≈ 8.0%

2. GM / General Motors

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   #a10000 ΔE = 0.717 / LRV ≈ 7.6%

3. Caparol

   ★ Weinrot / Weinrot Ava
   #a40c04 ΔE = 0.728 / LRV ≈ 8.2%

4. TRUMATCH

   ★ 6-a6
   #a70004 ΔE = 0.892 / LRV ≈ 8.2%

5. Ford

   ★ Regal Red
   #a60006 ΔE = 1.018 / LRV ≈ 8.1%

6. Focoltone

   ★ 2249
   #a90005 ΔE = 1.339 / LRV ≈ 8.4%

7. Matra

   ★ Clementine / 510
   #9d0f00 ΔE = 1.424 / LRV ≈ 7.5%

8. Piaggio

   ★ Arancio / 953
   #a41400 ΔE = 1.579 / LRV ≈ 8.4%

9. Porsche

   ★ Arancio Ishtar Orange / W17
   #9e1600 ΔE = 1.655 / LRV ≈ 7.8%

10. Lamborghini

    ★ Arancio Miura / 2449055
    #a31700 ΔE = 1.825 / LRV ≈ 8.4%

11. Sherwin-Williams

    ★ Red Door - 2910
    #ac0000 ΔE = 1.896 / LRV ≈ 8.8%

12. Berkley

    ★ Berkley Orange / 1963
    #9b0700 ΔE = 1.917 / LRV ≈ 7.1%

13. Ski-Doo

    ★ Bombardier Orange / B228
    #aa0c00 ΔE = 1.969 / LRV ≈ 8.8%

14. Iveco

    ★ Arancio Colas / 956
    #a91100 ΔE = 2.106 / LRV ≈ 8.8%

15. UNKNOWN

    Bmw Feuerorange Uni / M08
    #a81700 ΔE = 2.497 / LRV ≈ 8.9%

16. AMC

    President Red
    #a11713 ΔE = 2.617 / LRV ≈ 8.2%

17. Chrysler

    Red
    #a11713 ΔE = 2.617 / LRV ≈ 8.2%

18. Plascon

    Hot Terracotta R5-C1-1
    #a02014 ΔE = 2.858 / LRV ≈ 8.6%

19. Delta

    Tompte Red / 021070202W
    #9a090d ΔE = 2.997 / LRV ≈ 7.1%

Color Blindness Simulation

Monochromacy

• Achromatopsia
  #313131
• Achromatomaly
  #651b1b

Dichromacy

• Protanopia
  #5d5c00
• Deuteranopia
  #677300
• Tritanopia
  #9c0000

Trichromacy

• Protanomaly
  #8e3700
• Deuteranomaly
  #832a00
• Tritanomaly
  #9f0000

#a40000 HTML / CSS Code Examples

<p style="color: #a40000">…</p>

<p style="background-color: #a40000">…</p>

<p style="text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.15em #a40000">…</p>

Color Charts

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• CMYK

  

• RYB

  

Color Space Conversions

Decimal

10747904

Binary

10100100, 00000000, 00000000

Hexadecimal

#a40000

LRV

≈ 7.9%

Closest short hex

#a00 ΔE = 1.420

RGB

rgb(164, 0, 0)

RGBA

rgba(164, 0, 0, 1.0)

rg chromaticity

r: 1.000, g: 0.000, b: 0.000

RYB

red: 64.314%, yellow: 0.000%, blue: 0.000%

Android / android.graphics.Color

-6029312 / 0xffa40000

HSL

hsl(0, 100%, 32%)

HSLA

hsla(0, 100%, 32%, 1.0)

HSV / HSB

hue: 0° (0.000), saturation: 100% (1.000), value: 64% (0.643)

HSP

hue: 360.000, saturation: 100.000%, perceived brightness: 35.167%

HSL_uv (HUSL)

H: 12.174, S: 100.001, L: 33.764

Cubehelix

H: -8.190, S: 1.690, L: 0.193

TSL

T: 3.946, S: 1.000, L: 0.192

CMYK

cyan: 0% (0.000), magenta: 100% (1.000), yellow: 100% (1.000), key: 36% (0.357)

CMY

cyan: 36% (0.357), magenta: 100% (1.000), yellow: 100% (1.000)

XYZ

X: 15.312, Y: 7.895, Z: 0.718

xyY

x: 0.640, y: 0.330, Y: 7.895

CIELab

L: 33.764, a: 57.563, b: 47.947

CIELuv

L: 33.764, u: 110.989, v: 23.944

CIELCH / LCHab

L: 33.764, C: 74.916, H: 39.793

CIELUV / LCHuv

L: 33.764, C: 113.543, H: 12.174

Hunter-Lab

L: 28.098, a: 48.099, b: 18.154

CIECAM02

J: 27.334, C: 84.953, h: 32.142, Q: 103.006, M: 74.290, s: 84.925, H: 15.362

OSA-UCS

lightness: -9.670, jaune: 5.592, green: -11.112

LMS

L: 14.496, M: 2.633, S: 0.859

YCbCr

Y: 58.148, Cb: 103.728, Cr: 199.996

YCoCg

Y: 41.000, Cg: -41.000, Co: 82.000

YDbDr

Y: 49.036, Db: -73.800, Dr: -218.612

YPbPr

Y: 34.932, Pb: -18.860, Pr: 82.000

xvYCC

Y: 46.000, Cb: 111.433, Cr: 200.031

YIQ

Y: 49.036, I: 97.697, Q: 34.679

YUV

Y: 49.036, U: -24.129, V: 100.860

Okhsl

h: 29.234, s: 1.000, l: 0.366

Okhsv

h: 29.234. s: 1.000, v: 0.650

Okhwb

h: 29.234, w: 0.000, b: 0.350

Oklab

l: 0.451, a: 0.162, b: 0.090

Oklch

l: 0.451, c: 0.185, h: 29.234

Munsell Color System

7.5R 4/16 ΔE = 5.485

Brand Color

Readability ΔE = 1.926

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