#FF2450

A medium, vivid red closely aligning with Crimson.

About #FF2450

When working with digital screens, the color #FF2450 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Crimson. In the RGB color space, it consists of 255 red, 36 green, and 80 blue.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 86% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 347.9 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#FF2450
RGB255, 36, 80
HSL347.9°, 100.0%, 57.1%
CMYK0%, 86%, 69%, 0%
HSV347.9°, 85.9%, 100.0%
LAB55.2, 78.0, 33.2
XYZ43.3, 23.1, 9.8
Decimal16720976

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.74:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
5.62:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.57:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.78:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #FF2450; }
.text-color { color: #FF2450; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #FF2450; }

Similar Colors

Crimson
#DC143C