Crimson

Crimson (#E8003A) is a very intense dark color with a luminosity of 17%. It has a chroma value of 91.0 (out of 100). The closest web-safe color is #FF0033. The closest Pantone color is #D93744, known as bittersweet (17-1663). The closest NCS color is #D84051, with the code NCS S 1070-R. The grayscale version of this color is #4C4C4C. The contrast ratio with white is 4.7, and with black is 4.5. This meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a white background.

Lightness

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#FFFFFF

#FFCCD9

#FF99B3

#FF668C

#FF3366

#FF0040

#CC0033

#990026

#660019

#33000D

#000000

Saturation

#FF001D

#FF0023

#FF0029

#FF002E

#F40034

#E8003A

#DC0C40

#D11746

#C5234B

#BA2E51

#AE3A57

Shade

#E8003A

#E8003A

#E8003A

#E8003A

#E8003A

#E8003A

#E60039

#E30039

#E10038

#DF0038

#DD0037

Hue

#E80000

#E82700

#E84D00

#E87400

#E89B00

#E8C100

#E8E800

#C1E800

#9BE800

#74E800

#4DE800

#27E800

#00E800

#00E827

#00E84D

#00E874

#00E89B

#00E8C1

#00E8E8

#00C1E8

#009BE8

#0074E8

#004DE8

#0027E8

#0000E8

#2700E8

#4D00E8

#7400E8

#9B00E8

#C100E8

#E800E8

#E800C1

#E8009B

#E80074

#E8004D

#E80027

Grayscale

#4C4C4C

Complimentary

#17FFC5

WCAG contrast conformance

#E8003A meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a white background.

On a white background

4.7

Crimson

On a black background

4.5

Crimson

1.0

Crimson (#E8003A) does not meet the WCAG standard for either regular or large text on a forestgreen (#218513) background.

Crimson

Composition

The colors that composes #E8003A

RGB

232

0

58

RYB

232

0

58

CMYK

0

100

75

9

CMY

9

100

77

Conversion

CSS values of #E8003A and various standards

CSS values

HEX

#E8003A

RGB

rgb(232, 0, 58)

HSL

hsl(345, 100%, 45%)

HWB

hwb(345, 0%, 9%)

Various standards

Ansi16

rgb(255, 0, 0)

Ansi256

rgb(255, 0, 51)

HCG

rgb(232, 0, 58)

Apple

rgb(232, 0, 58)

Closest Pantone color

bittersweet (17-1663)

#D93744

Closest NCS color

NCS S 1070-R

#D84051

Color harmonies

The basic color chords based on the color wheel

Split complementary

#00AEE8

#E8003A

#00E83A

Triadic

#E8003A

#3AE800

#003AE8

Tetradic

#E8003A

#AEE800

#00E8AE

#3A00E8

Analogous

#E800AE

#E8003A

#E83A00

Color blindness

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

Achromatopsia

#363636

Deuteranopia

#4D4D34

Protanopia

#282839

Tritanopia

#E10707