Crimson
Crimson (#DD1138) is an intense dark color with a luminosity of 16%. It has a chroma value of 80.0 (out of 100). The closest web-safe color is #CC0033. The closest Pantone color is #CE2939, known as tomato (18-1660). The closest NCS color is #D0202B, with the code NCS S 1080-Y90R. The grayscale version of this color is #525252. The contrast ratio with white is 5.0, and with black is 4.2. This meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a white background.
Lightness
Show relative
#FFFFFF
#FBD0D8
#F8A0B1
#F4718A
#F04263
#ED123C
#BD0F30
#8E0B24
#5F0718
#2F040C
#000000
Saturation
#FF0019
#FF001F
#FC0025
#F1002B
#E70732
#DD1138
#D31B3E
#C92545
#BE304B
#B43A51
#AA4457
Shade
#DD1A3F
#DD183E
#DD163C
#DD143B
#DD1339
#DD1138
#DA1137
#D61137
#D31136
#CF1135
#CC1135
Hue
#DD1111
#DD3311
#DD5511
#DD7711
#DD9911
#DDBB11
#DDDD11
#BBDD11
#99DD11
#77DD11
#55DD11
#33DD11
#11DD11
#11DD33
#11DD55
#11DD77
#11DD99
#11DDBB
#11DDDD
#11BBDD
#1199DD
#1177DD
#1155DD
#1133DD
#1111DD
#3311DD
#5511DD
#7711DD
#9911DD
#BB11DD
#DD11DD
#DD11BB
#DD1199
#DD1177
#DD1155
#DD1133
Grayscale
#525252
Complimentary
#22EEC7
WCAG contrast conformance
#DD1138 meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a white background.
On a white background
Crimson
On a black background
Crimson
Crimson (#DD1138) does not meet the WCAG standard for either regular or large text on a lightskyblue (#58C9FC) background.
Crimson
Composition
The colors that composes #DD1138
RGB
221
17
56
RYB
221
17
56
CMYK
0
92
75
13
CMY
13
93
78
Conversion
CSS values of #DD1138 and various standards
CSS values
HEX
#DD1138
RGB
rgb(221, 17, 56)
HSL
hsl(349, 86%, 47%)
HWB
hwb(349, 7%, 13%)
Various standards
Ansi16
rgb(255, 0, 0)
Ansi256
rgb(204, 0, 51)
HCG
rgb(221, 17, 56)
Apple
rgb(221, 17, 56)
Closest Pantone color
tomato (18-1660)
#CE2939
Closest NCS color
NCS S 1080-Y90R
#D0202B
Color harmonies
The basic color chords based on the color wheel
Split complementary
#119EDD
#DD1138
#11DD50
Triadic
#DD1138
#38DD11
#1138DD
Tetradic
#DD1138
#9EDD11
#11DDB6
#5011DD
Analogous
#DD119E
#DD1138
#DD5011
Color blindness
Below is a simulation map of how people with vision deciciency perceive your color
Achromatopsia
#3F3F3F
Deuteranopia
#545432
Protanopia
#343437
Tritanopia
#D81616