Crimson

Crimson (#E0251B) is an intense dark color with a luminosity of 17%. It has a chroma value of 77.3 (out of 100). The closest web-safe color is #CC3333. The closest Pantone color is #DA321C, known as orange-com (18-1561). The closest NCS color is #D8301F, with the code NCS S 1085-Y80R. The grayscale version of this color is #5C5C5C. The contrast ratio with white is 4.7, and with black is 4.4. This meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a white background.

Lightness

Show relative

#FFFFFF

#FAD4D1

#F4A8A4

#EF7D76

#E95149

#E4261B

#B61E16

#891710

#5B0F0B

#2E0805

#000000

Saturation

#FF0000

#FF0200

#FE0A00

#F41307

#EA1C11

#E0251B

#D62E25

#CC372F

#C24039

#B94842

#AF514C

Shade

#E03229

#E02F26

#E02D23

#E02A20

#E0281E

#E0251B

#DD251B

#DA251B

#D7251B

#D4241B

#D1241B

Hue

#E01B1B

#E03C1B

#E05D1B

#E07D1B

#E09E1B

#E0BF1B

#E0E01B

#BFE01B

#9EE01B

#7EE01B

#5DE01B

#3CE01B

#1BE01B

#1BE03C

#1BE05D

#1BE07E

#1BE09E

#1BE0BF

#1BE0E0

#1BBFE0

#1B9EE0

#1B7DE0

#1B5DE0

#1B3CE0

#1B1BE0

#3C1BE0

#5D1BE0

#7D1BE0

#9E1BE0

#BF1BE0

#E01BE0

#E01BBF

#E01B9E

#E01B7E

#E01B5D

#E01B3C

Grayscale

#5C5C5C

Complimentary

#1FDAE4

WCAG contrast conformance

#E0251B 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

4.4

Crimson

3.2

Crimson (#E0251B) meets the WCAG standard (3:1) for large text (18pt) on a turquoise (#5FE7F1) background.

Crimson

Composition

The colors that composes #E0251B

RGB

224

37

27

RYB

224

38

27

CMYK

0

83

88

12

CMY

12

85

89

Conversion

CSS values of #E0251B and various standards

CSS values

HEX

#E0251B

RGB

rgb(224, 37, 27)

HSL

hsl(3, 78%, 49%)

HWB

hwb(3, 11%, 12%)

Various standards

Ansi16

rgb(255, 0, 0)

Ansi256

rgb(204, 51, 51)

HCG

rgb(224, 37, 27)

Apple

rgb(224, 37, 27)

Closest Pantone color

orange-com (18-1561)

#DA321C

Closest NCS color

NCS S 1085-Y80R

#D8301F

Color harmonies

The basic color chords based on the color wheel

Split complementary

#1B73E0

#E0251B

#1BE087

Triadic

#E0251B

#1BE025

#251BE0

Tetradic

#E0251B

#73E01B

#1BD6E0

#871BE0

Analogous

#E01B73

#E0251B

#E0871B

Color blindness

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

Achromatopsia

#4C4C4C

Deuteranopia

#636316

Protanopia

#45451A

Tritanopia

#E12424