Crimson

Crimson (#DC1542) is an intense dark color with a luminosity of 16%. It has a chroma value of 78.0 (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 #D84051, with the code NCS S 1070-R. The grayscale version of this color is #565656. 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

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#FFFFFF

#FBD0DA

#F6A2B5

#F27390

#ED456B

#E91646

#BA1238

#8C0D2A

#5D091C

#2F040E

#000000

Saturation

#FF0027

#FF002C

#FA0032

#F00137

#E60B3D

#DC1542

#D21F47

#C8294D

#BE3352

#B43D58

#AA475D

Shade

#DC1F4A

#DC1D49

#DC1B47

#DC1945

#DC1744

#DC1542

#D91541

#D51540

#D21540

#CE153F

#CB153E

Hue

#DC1515

#DC3615

#DC5715

#DC7915

#DC9A15

#DCBB15

#DCDC15

#BBDC15

#9ADC15

#79DC15

#57DC15

#36DC15

#15DC15

#15DC36

#15DC57

#15DC79

#15DC9A

#15DCBB

#15DCDC

#15BBDC

#159ADC

#1578DC

#1557DC

#1536DC

#1515DC

#3615DC

#5715DC

#7815DC

#9A15DC

#BB15DC

#DC15DC

#DC15BB

#DC159A

#DC1579

#DC1557

#DC1536

Grayscale

#565656

Complimentary

#23EABD

WCAG contrast conformance

#DC1542 meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a white background.

On a white background

5.0

Crimson

On a black background

4.2

Crimson

2.7

Crimson (#DC1542) does not meet the WCAG standard for either regular or large text on a lightskyblue (#9EC2F6) background.

Crimson

Composition

The colors that composes #DC1542

RGB

220

21

66

RYB

220

21

66

CMYK

0

90

70

14

CMY

14

92

74

Conversion

CSS values of #DC1542 and various standards

CSS values

HEX

#DC1542

RGB

rgb(220, 21, 66)

HSL

hsl(346, 83%, 47%)

HWB

hwb(346, 8%, 14%)

Various standards

Ansi16

rgb(255, 0, 0)

Ansi256

rgb(204, 0, 51)

HCG

rgb(220, 21, 66)

Apple

rgb(220, 21, 66)

Closest Pantone color

lollipop (18-1764)

#CC1C3B

Closest NCS color

NCS S 1070-R

#D84051

Color harmonies

The basic color chords based on the color wheel

Split complementary

#15A5DC

#DC1542

#15DC4C

Triadic

#DC1542

#42DC15

#1542DC

Tetradic

#DC1542

#A6DC15

#15DCAF

#4B15DC

Analogous

#DC15A6

#DC1542

#DC4C15

Color blindness

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

Achromatopsia

#434343

Deuteranopia

#57573C

Protanopia

#373741

Tritanopia

#D61B1B