Blood Color
Blood is a red color with hex code #770001. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with blood, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Blood Color Values
What Does Blood Mean?
Blood belongs to the red family of colors. Reds grab attention faster than anything else on the spectrum. It's why clearance tags, warning signs, and buy buttons lean on red tones, and why painters reach for red when a focal point has to carry a composition. Reds also advance visually, stepping forward while cooler hues recede into the background. Being on the dark side, Blood adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Blood is classified as a brown (nearest centroid: strong reddish brown, #882D17).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Blood
Blood and #007573 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #75003D and #753900, which sit beside blood on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair blood with triadic partners #027500 and #000275. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Jazz —
#780109(Delta E 3) - Lonestar —
#6D0101(Delta E 5) - Red Oxide —
#6E0902(Delta E 5) - Indian Red —
#850E04(Delta E 6) - Red Devil —
#860111(Delta E 6)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #770001; }
.background { background-color: #770001; }
.border { border: 2px solid #770001; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #77000140; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for blood?
Blood has the hex code #770001. In RGB notation it is rgb(119, 0, 1), in HSL it is hsl(359, 100%, 23%), and its OKLCH value is 0.358, 0.147, 28.9.
What does the color blood mean?
Red-family colors like blood carry distinct psychological associations. Blood belongs to the red family of colors. Reds grab attention faster than anything else on the spectrum. It's why clearance tags, warning signs, and buy buttons lean on red tones, and why painters reach for red when a focal point has to carry a composition. Reds also advance visually, stepping forward while cooler hues recede into the background. Being on the dark side, Blood adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
What colors go with blood?
Blood has three easy routes: its complement #007573 for punch, its neighbors #75003D and #753900 for something calmer, or triadic partners #027500 and #000275 when you want energy.
Is blood a standard web color?
No — Blood is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #770001 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make blood lighter or darker?
To lighten blood, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #FFBDBE (lightest tint) to #140000 (darkest shade).
About Blood
Blood is classified as a Brown in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Red hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #770001 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.