Information about Dark Candy Apple Red color

#A40000 - Dark Candy Apple Red color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A40000, known as "Dark Candy Apple Red", falls into the Red Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(164, 0, 0) — 64.3% red, 0% green, 0% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 64 / 64 / 36. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A pure, full-strength earthy red, #A40000 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Kailey's Favorite Red (#A30000). Slightly further away sit Oliver's Little Red (#A30001) and Strong Red (#A80000).

In RGB terms — rgb(164, 0, 0) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #A40000: 8.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.6:1 for black. The name "Dark Candy Apple Red" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Dark Candy Apple Red color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Dark Candy Apple Red color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Dark Candy Apple Red

#A40000
#E80000

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#FF2E2E

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#FF7474

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#FFB9B9

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White

#FFFFFF

Dark Candy Apple Red color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Dark Candy Apple Red

#A40000
Deep Maroon

#820000
#610000

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#410000

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#200000

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Black

#000000

Dark Candy Apple Red color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Dark Candy Apple Red

#A40000
#A31212

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#9F2727

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#984141

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#8D5E5E

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Grey

#808080

Dark Candy Apple Red color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#82A300

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#A38200

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#A34100

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Dark Candy Apple Red

#A40000
#A30041

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#A30082

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#8200A3

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Dark Candy Apple Red color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
#A40000
Dark Candy Apple Red

#A40000

#00A3A3
#00A3A3

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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
#A40000
Dark Candy Apple Red

#A40000

#0052A3
#0052A3

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#00A352
#00A352

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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
#A35200
#A35200

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#A40000
Dark Candy Apple Red

#A40000

#A30052
#A30052

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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
#A40000
Dark Candy Apple Red

#A40000

#00A300
#00A300

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#0000A3
Brayden's Blue

#0000A3

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
#A40000
Dark Candy Apple Red

#A40000

#A3A300
#A3A300

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#00A3A3
#00A3A3

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#0000A3
Brayden's Blue

#0000A3

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
#A40000
Dark Candy Apple Red

#A40000

#52A300
#52A300

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#00A3A3
#00A3A3

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#5200A3
#5200A3

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Nearest named colors to Dark Candy Apple Red

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Kailey's Favorite Red color link
Kailey's Favorite Red

#A30000

Oliver's Little Red color link
Oliver's Little Red

#A30001

Strong Red color link
Strong Red

#A80000

Nationals Red color link
Nationals Red

#AB0003

HLH SG Red color link
HLH SG Red

#A30008

Darkish Red color link
Darkish Red

#A90308

Crimson Red color link
Crimson Red

#990000

Naga Red color link
Naga Red

#AB0707

Vibrant Ruby color link
Vibrant Ruby

#A7080D

Mordant Red 19 color link
Mordant Red 19

#AE0C00

Cranberry color link
Cranberry

#9F000F

Rojo Spanish Red color link
Rojo Spanish Red

#A91101

Dark Candy Apple Red color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A40000
  • RGB164, 0, 0
  • CMYK0, 64, 64, 36
  • CSSrgb(164, 0, 0)
  • HSL0°, 100%, 32%
  • HSL Precise0°, 100%, 32.157%
  • HSV0°, 100%, 64%
  • HSB0°, 100%, 64%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.643
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • GLSLvec3(0.643, 0.000, 0.000)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.643, 0.000, 0.000, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.643, 0.000, 0.000)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB64.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB0%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB0%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA40000
  • DECIMAL ID10747904
  • Name Length20
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  • Counting from2025-01-01

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