HEX Color #F01D2C (Crimson)

About #F01D2C

Visually, #F01D2C is defined as a vivid red. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Crimson. In the RGB color space, it consists of 240 red, 29 green, and 44 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 88% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 355.7 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

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#F01D2C

RGB240, 29, 44

HSL355.7°, 87.6%, 52.7%

CMYK0%, 88%, 82%, 6%

HSV355.7°, 87.9%, 94.1%

LAB51.4, 74.2, 48.5

XYZ36.8, 19.6, 4.2

Decimal15736108

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#F01D2C #1DEFE1

Analogous

#EF1D95 #EF771D

Triadic

#2BEF1D #1D2BEF

Tetradic

#95EF1D #1DEFE1 #771DEF

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#F01D2C

#F13643

#F34F5A

#F56872

#F68189

#F89AA1

#FAB3B8

#FBCCD0

#FDE5E7

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#F01D2C

#D51927

#BA1622

#A0131D

#851018

#6A0C13

#50090E

#350609

#1A0304

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.27:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

4.92:1

Text on #000000

AA

4.08:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.18:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F01D2C; }

.text-color { color: #F01D2C; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #F01D2C; }

Similar Colors

Crimson

#DC143C