Crimson

Crimson (#D9282A) is an intense dark color with a luminosity of 16%. It has a chroma value of 69.4 (out of 100). The closest web-safe color is #CC3333. The closest Pantone color is #D01C1F, known as fiery-red (18-1664). The closest NCS color is #D0202B, with the code NCS S 1080-Y90R. The grayscale version of this color is #5D5D5D. The contrast ratio with white is 4.9, and with black is 4.3. This meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a white background.

Lightness

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#FFFFFF

#F7D4D4

#F0A8A9

#E87D7E

#E05253

#D92628

#AD1F20

#821718

#570F10

#2B0808

#000000

Saturation

#FF0000

#FC0507

#F40D10

#EB1619

#E21F21

#D9282A

#D03133

#C73A3B

#BE4344

#B64B4D

#AD5455

Shade

#D93C3E

#D9383A

#D93436

#D93032

#D92C2E

#D9282A

#D5282A

#D1282A

#CE282A

#CA282A

#C6282A

Hue

#D92828

#D94628

#D96328

#D98128

#D99E28

#D9BB28

#D9D928

#BBD928

#9ED928

#81D928

#63D928

#46D928

#28D928

#28D946

#28D963

#28D981

#28D99E

#28D9BB

#28D9D9

#28BBD9

#289ED9

#2880D9

#2863D9

#2846D9

#2828D9

#4528D9

#6328D9

#8028D9

#9E28D9

#BB28D9

#D928D9

#D928BB

#D9289E

#D92881

#D92863

#D92846

Grayscale

#5D5D5D

Complimentary

#26D7D5

WCAG contrast conformance

#D9282A meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a white background.

On a white background

4.9

Crimson

On a black background

4.3

Crimson

2.2

Crimson (#D9282A) does not meet the WCAG standard for either regular or large text on a mediumturquoise (#50B7E5) background.

Crimson

Composition

The colors that composes #D9282A

RGB

217

40

42

RYB

217

40

42

CMYK

0

82

81

15

CMY

15

84

84

Conversion

CSS values of #D9282A and various standards

CSS values

HEX

#D9282A

RGB

rgb(217, 40, 42)

HSL

hsl(359, 70%, 50%)

HWB

hwb(359, 16%, 15%)

Various standards

Ansi16

rgb(255, 0, 0)

Ansi256

rgb(204, 51, 51)

HCG

rgb(217, 40, 42)

Apple

rgb(217, 40, 42)

Closest Pantone color

fiery-red (18-1664)

#D01C1F

Closest NCS color

NCS S 1080-Y90R

#D0202B

Color harmonies

The basic color chords based on the color wheel

Split complementary

#2882D9

#D9282A

#28D97F

Triadic

#D9282A

#2AD928

#282AD9

Tetradic

#D9282A

#82D928

#28D9D7

#7F28D9

Analogous

#D92882

#D9282A

#D97F28

Color blindness

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

Achromatopsia

#4E4E4E

Deuteranopia

#636325

Protanopia

#464629

Tritanopia

#D92828