Crimson

Crimson (#E9173A) is a very intense dark color with a luminosity of 18%. It has a chroma value of 82.4 (out of 100). The closest web-safe color is #FF0033. The closest Pantone color is #DC343B, known as poppy-red (17-1664). The closest NCS color is #E8393B, with the code NCS S 0580-Y90R. The grayscale version of this color is #5A5A5A. The contrast ratio with white is 4.5, and with black is 4.6. This meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a white background.

Lightness

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#FFFFFF

#FBD0D7

#F6A2B0

#F27388

#ED4561

#E91639

#BA122E

#8C0D22

#5D0917

#2F040B

#000000

Saturation

#FF0017

#FF001E

#FF0025

#FE022C

#F30D33

#E9173A

#DF2141

#D42C48

#C9374F

#BF4156

#B44C5D

Shade

#E92344

#E92042

#E91E40

#E91C3E

#E9193C

#E9173A

#E7173A

#E51739

#E21739

#E01739

#DE1738

Hue

#E91717

#E93A17

#E95D17

#E98017

#E9A317

#E9C617

#E9E917

#C6E917

#A3E917

#80E917

#5DE917

#3AE917

#17E917

#17E93A

#17E95D

#17E980

#17E9A3

#17E9C6

#17E9E9

#17C6E9

#17A3E9

#1780E9

#175DE9

#173AE9

#1717E9

#3A17E9

#5D17E9

#8017E9

#A317E9

#C617E9

#E917E9

#E917C6

#E917A3

#E91780

#E9175D

#E9173A

Grayscale

#5A5A5A

Complimentary

#16E8C5

WCAG contrast conformance

#E9173A meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a white background.

On a white background

4.5

Crimson

On a black background

4.6

Crimson

1.6

Crimson (#E9173A) does not meet the WCAG standard for either regular or large text on a dodgerblue (#29A2DD) background.

Crimson

Composition

The colors that composes #E9173A

RGB

233

23

58

RYB

233

23

58

CMYK

0

90

75

9

CMY

9

91

77

Conversion

CSS values of #E9173A and various standards

CSS values

HEX

#E9173A

RGB

rgb(233, 23, 58)

HSL

hsl(350, 83%, 50%)

HWB

hwb(350, 9%, 9%)

Various standards

Ansi16

rgb(255, 0, 0)

Ansi256

rgb(255, 0, 51)

HCG

rgb(233, 23, 58)

Apple

rgb(233, 23, 58)

Closest Pantone color

poppy-red (17-1664)

#DC343B

Closest NCS color

NCS S 0580-Y90R

#E8393B

Color harmonies

The basic color chords based on the color wheel

Split complementary

#17A3E9

#E9173A

#17E95D

Triadic

#E9173A

#3AE917

#173AE9

Tetradic

#E9173A

#A3E917

#17E9C6

#5D17E9

Analogous

#E917A3

#E9173A

#E95D17

Color blindness

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

Achromatopsia

#464646

Deuteranopia

#5C5C34

Protanopia

#3B3B39

Tritanopia

#E51B1B