HEX Color #F80F49 (Crimson)

About #F80F49

Visually, #F80F49 is defined as a vivid red. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Crimson. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 248, 15, and 73.

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 94% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 345.1° hue, 94.3% saturation, and 51.6% 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#F80F49

RGB248, 15, 73

HSL345.1°, 94.3%, 51.6%

CMYK0%, 94%, 71%, 3%

HSV345.1°, 94.0%, 97.3%

LAB52.7, 78.8, 34.0

XYZ40.1, 20.8, 8.2

Decimal16256841

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#F80F49 #0EF8BD

Analogous

#F80EBD #F8490E

Triadic

#49F80E #0E49F8

Tetradic

#BDF80E #0EF8BD #490EF8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#F80F49

#F8295D

#F94471

#FA5F85

#FB7999

#FB94AE

#FCAFC2

#FDC9D6

#FEE4EA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#F80F49

#DC0D40

#C00B38

#A50A30

#890828

#6E0620

#520518

#370310

#1B0108

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.07:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

5.16:1

Text on #000000

AA

3.89:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.38:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F80F49; }

.text-color { color: #F80F49; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #F80F49; }

Similar Colors

Crimson

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