#F8496D

A light, vivid red closely aligning with Crimson.

About #F8496D

At its core, #F8496D is a light and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Crimson. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 248, 73, and 109.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 71% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. 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#F8496D
RGB248, 73, 109
HSL347.7°, 92.6%, 62.9%
CMYK0%, 71%, 56%, 3%
HSV347.7°, 70.6%, 97.3%
LAB57.9, 68.0, 19.4
XYZ43.9, 25.8, 17.1
Decimal16271725

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.41:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
6.17:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.26:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
5.24:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F8496D; }
.text-color { color: #F8496D; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #F8496D; }

Similar Colors

Crimson
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