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Crimson #DC143C

#DC143C · rgb(220, 20, 60)

Crimson is the color #DC143C. In RGB it is rgb(220, 20, 60) — 86% red, 8% green and 24% blue. Its CMYK breakdown is 0% cyan, 91% magenta, 73% yellow and 14% black, and in HSL it sits at 348° hue, 83% saturation and 47% lightness. Crimson is one of the 140 standard CSS / HTML color names, so color: crimson works in CSS. The closest web-safe color is #CC0033.

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Crimson color codes

Hex#DC143C
RGBrgb(220, 20, 60)
RGB %86%, 8%, 24%
HSLhsl(348, 83%, 47%)
HSV / HSBhsv(348, 91%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 91%, 73%, 14%)
OKLCHoklch(57% 0.222 20)
Closest web-safe#CC0033

Contrast

Contrast ratio of Crimson against white and black text (WCAG 2.1 needs 4.5:1 for body text).

White text — 4.99:1 Black text — 4.21:1

Shades, tints & tones

Shades — toward black
Tints — toward white
Tones — toward gray

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