Dark Candy Apple Red (#A40000)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 8.14:1 — vs black: 2.58:1

Color values

HEX #A40000
RGB rgb(164, 0, 0)
HSL hsl(0, 100%, 32%)
CMYK cmyk( 0, 100, 100, 36 )
Websafe #990000

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Tags

Mood

Style

Vivid (210) Warm (180)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #A40000 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Dark Candy Apple Red
#A40000 Base

#00A4A4

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Dark Candy Apple Red
#A40000 Base

#A40052

#A45200

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Dark Candy Apple Red
#A40000 Base

#00A400

#0000A4

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Dark Candy Apple Red
#A40000 Base

#00A452

#0052A4

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Dark Candy Apple Red
#A40000 Base

#52A400

#00A4A4

#5200A4

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Dark Candy Apple Red
#A40000 Base

#1A0000

#580000

#7B0000

#CD0000

#F10000

#FF3E3E

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Dark Candy Apple Red, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #1A0000

— #350000

— #510000

— #6D0000

— #880000

Dark Candy Apple Red #A40000 Base

— #E40000

— #FF2525

— #FF6565

— #FFA5A5

— #FFE6E6

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #A40000. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #A40000;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #A40000;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #A40000;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #A40000,
        #00A4A4
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #A40000,
        #00A4A4
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$dark-candy-apple-red: #A40000;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$dark-candy-apple-red-r: 164;
$dark-candy-apple-red-g: 0;
$dark-candy-apple-red-b: 0;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $dark-candy-apple-red;
    color: rgba($dark-candy-apple-red-r, $dark-candy-apple-red-g, $dark-candy-apple-red-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How Dark Candy Apple Red appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #A40000 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #5C5C00 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #393905 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #A40000 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #4F4F4F Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Dark Candy Apple Red ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Dark Candy Apple Red #A40000 Base

Crimson Red #990000 ΔE 2.19

Rufous #A81C07 ΔE 2.41

Mordant Red 19 #AE0C00 ΔE 2.42

Spartan Crimson #9E1316 ΔE 4.02

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.