HEX Color #DB3A5F (Crimson)

About #DB3A5F

Visually, #DB3A5F is defined as a moderate red. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Crimson. Its digital footprint relies on 219 parts red, 58 parts green, and 95 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 74% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 346.2° hue, 69.1% saturation, and 54.3% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#DB3A5F

RGB219, 58, 95

HSL346.2°, 69.1%, 54.3%

CMYK0%, 74%, 57%, 14%

HSV346.2°, 73.5%, 85.9%

LAB50.6, 63.7, 17.0

XYZ32.8, 18.9, 12.7

Decimal14367327

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#DB3A5F #3ADAB5

Analogous

#DA3AAF #DA653A

Triadic

#5EDA3A #3A5FDA

Tetradic

#AFDA3A #3ADAB5 #653ADA

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#DB3A5F

#DF4F70

#E36582

#E77B94

#EB91A6

#EFA7B7

#F3BDC9

#F7D3DB

#FBE9ED

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#DB3A5F

#C23354

#AA2D49

#92263F

#792034

#61192A

#49131F

#300C15

#18060A

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.39:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

4.78:1

Text on #000000

AA

4.20:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.07:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #DB3A5F; }

.text-color { color: #DB3A5F; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #DB3A5F; }

Similar Colors

Crimson

#DC143C