HEX Color #D31616 (Crimson)

About #D31616

When working with digital screens, the color #D31616 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Crimson. Its digital footprint relies on 211 parts red, 22 parts green, and 22 parts blue light.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 90% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#D31616

RGB211, 22, 22

HSL0.0°, 81.1%, 45.7%

CMYK0%, 90%, 90%, 17%

HSV0.0°, 89.6%, 82.7%

LAB44.9, 67.3, 51.3

XYZ27.3, 14.5, 2.1

Decimal13833750

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#D31616 #16D2D3

Analogous

#D31674 #D37416

Triadic

#16D316 #1616D3

Tetradic

#74D316 #16D2D3 #7416D3

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#D31616

#D72F2F

#DC4949

#E16363

#E67D7D

#EB9797

#F0B1B1

#F5CBCB

#FAE5E5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#D31616

#BB1313

#A41111

#8C0E0E

#750C0C

#5D0909

#460707

#2E0404

#170202

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.39:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

3.90:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

5.15:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

3.31:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #D31616; }

.text-color { color: #D31616; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #D31616; }

Similar Colors

Crimson

#DC143C