HEX Color #F81657 (Crimson)

About #F81657

When working with digital screens, the color #F81657 is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Crimson. Its digital footprint relies on 248 parts red, 22 parts green, and 87 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 91% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 342.7° hue, 94.2% saturation, and 52.9% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#F81657

RGB248, 22, 87

HSL342.7°, 94.2%, 52.9%

CMYK0%, 91%, 65%, 3%

HSV342.7°, 91.1%, 97.3%

LAB53.2, 78.7, 26.2

XYZ40.7, 21.2, 11.0

Decimal16258647

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#F81657 #15F8B6

Analogous

#F815C7 #F84515

Triadic

#56F815 #1557F8

Tetradic

#C8F815 #15F8B6 #4515F8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#F81657

#F82F69

#F9497C

#FA638F

#FB7DA1

#FB97B4

#FCB1C7

#FDCBD9

#FEE5EC

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#F81657

#DC134D

#C01143

#A50E3A

#890C30

#6E0926

#52071D

#370413

#1B0209

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.00:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

5.24:1

Text on #000000

AA

3.83:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.46:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F81657; }

.text-color { color: #F81657; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #F81657; }

Similar Colors

Crimson

#DC143C