Crimson

Crimson (#CB173A) is an intense dark color with a luminosity of 14%. It has a chroma value of 70.6 (out of 100). The closest web-safe color is #CC0033. The closest Pantone color is #CC1C3B, known as lollipop (18-1764). The closest NCS color is #C40A34, with the code NCS S 1080-R. The grayscale version of this color is #515151. The contrast ratio with white is 5.6, and with black is 3.7. This meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a white background.

Lightness

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#FFFFFF

#FAD1D9

#F5A3B3

#EF768D

#EA4867

#E51A41

#B71534

#891027

#5C0A1A

#2E050D

#000000

Saturation

#F8001F

#EF0024

#E6002A

#DD052F

#D40E35

#CB173A

#C22040

#B92945

#B0324B

#A73B50

#9E4456

Shade

#CB2343

#CB2041

#CB1E40

#CB1C3E

#CB193C

#CB173A

#C61739

#C11738

#BB1737

#B61736

#B11735

Hue

#CB1717

#CB3517

#CB5317

#CB7117

#CB8F17

#CBAD17

#CBCB17

#ADCB17

#8FCB17

#71CB17

#53CB17

#35CB17

#17CB17

#17CB35

#17CB53

#17CB71

#17CB8F

#17CBAD

#17CBCB

#17ADCB

#178FCB

#1771CB

#1753CB

#1735CB

#1717CB

#3517CB

#5317CB

#7117CB

#8F17CB

#AD17CB

#CB17CB

#CB17AD

#CB178F

#CB1771

#CB1753

#CB1735

Grayscale

#515151

Complimentary

#34E8C5

WCAG contrast conformance

#CB173A meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a white background.

On a white background

5.6

Crimson

On a black background

3.7

Crimson

1.5

Crimson (#CB173A) does not meet the WCAG standard for either regular or large text on a brown (#951F1F) background.

Crimson

Composition

The colors that composes #CB173A

RGB

203

23

58

RYB

203

23

58

CMYK

0

89

71

20

CMY

20

91

77

Conversion

CSS values of #CB173A and various standards

CSS values

HEX

#CB173A

RGB

rgb(203, 23, 58)

HSL

hsl(348, 80%, 44%)

HWB

hwb(348, 9%, 20%)

Various standards

Ansi16

rgb(255, 0, 0)

Ansi256

rgb(204, 0, 51)

HCG

rgb(203, 23, 58)

Apple

rgb(203, 23, 58)

Closest Pantone color

lollipop (18-1764)

#CC1C3B

Closest NCS color

NCS S 1080-R

#C40A34

Color harmonies

The basic color chords based on the color wheel

Split complementary

#1794CB

#CB173A

#17CB4E

Triadic

#CB173A

#3ACB17

#173ACB

Tetradic

#CB173A

#94CB17

#17CBA8

#4E17CB

Analogous

#CB1794

#CB173A

#CB4E17

Color blindness

Below is a simulation map of how people with vision deciciency perceive your color

Achromatopsia

#404040

Deuteranopia

#535335

Protanopia

#363639

Tritanopia

#C71B1B