#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.