Colors / red
Crimson #DC143C
#DC143Coklch(0.5712 0.2219 20.1)
crimson (#DC143C) is a medium vivid red. In OKLCH it has lightness 57.1%, chroma 0.222 and hue 20.1°; its relative luminance is 16.0%. White text reads best on it (APCA Lc 78, WCAG 4.99:1). It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.2).
#DC143C in every format
| HEX | #DC143C |
| RGB | rgb(220 20 60) |
| HSL | hsl(348.0 83.3% 47.1%) |
| HSB / HSV | hsb(348.0 90.9% 86.3%) |
| HWB | hwb(348.0 7.8% 13.7%) |
| CMYK (formula) | cmyk(0/91/73/14) |
| CMYK (FOGRA39 coated) | cmyk(4/99/69/1) |
| CIELAB (D50) | lab(47.88 71.28 35.48) |
| LCh | lch(47.88 79.62 26.5) |
| OKLab | oklab(0.5712 0.2084 0.0762) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.5712 0.2219 20.1) |
| CIE XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.30580 0.16045 0.05762) |
| CIE xyY | xyY(0.5837 0.3063 0.1604) |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.7917 0.1915 0.2574) |
| Linear sRGB | color(srgb-linear 0.71569 0.00700 0.04519) |
| CSS name | crimson |
Text on #DC143C
White textWCAG 4.99:1 · APCA Lc 78
Black textWCAG 4.21:1 · APCA Lc 32
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