Dark Red (#8B0000)
Plain Dark Red Background & Dark Red Screen
Download a plain dark red background or dark red wallpaper (#8B0000, RGB(139, 0, 0)) as PNG, JPG or SVG in Full HD, 4K, phone or any size up to 8192 px (JPG up to 4096), or fill your whole screen with dark red in one click.
As a full screen, a color like this works as a backdrop light for photos and video, or as a test color for a monitor. PNG and SVG keep the color exact, #8B0000 in every pixel. Free to use, no attribution needed.
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Color card: a 1200×630 PNG with the HEX and RGB values written on it.
Sized for social media: Instagram Story · Instagram Post · TikTok · YouTube Banner · YouTube Thumbnail · LinkedIn Banner · Facebook Cover · X (Twitter) Header · 1920×1080 · Phone Wallpaper
All Formats
Color Palettes
Harmonious color combinations based on #8B0000
Monochromatic
Shades and tints of the same hue
Analogous
Adjacent colors on the color wheel
Complementary
Opposite color for maximum contrast
Triadic
Three evenly spaced colors
How Dark Red looks with color blindness
Approximate simulation: the left half of each swatch is #8B0000, the right half is how it may look. Try a whole photo or your camera in the Color Blindness Simulator.
- Deuteranomalygreen-weak at 60%, the most common#654100
- Protanopiared-blind#303003
- Deuteranopiagreen-blind#4E4E00
- Tritanopiablue-blind, rare#8C0026
- Achromatopsiano color, very rare#424242
Closest Pantone® colors to #8B0000
Community-sourced approximations ranked by Delta E (CIEDE2000) — lower is closer. Not official Pantone® values. Search the full list in the Pantone® Color Finder.
CSS Usage Examples
Background
background-color: #8B0000;Text
color: #8B0000;Border
border: 2px solid #8B0000;Shadow
box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #8B000040;