Crimson

The color code of Crimson indicates, that red is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with blue it also forms the basic color magenta, but still remains as dominant basic color for the initial color impression. Learn more …

But due to the amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Crimson is somewhat limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 44 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 21 %, Crimson is a quite dark color.

Hex	`#8d1d24`
RGB	`rgb(141, 29, 36)`
HSL*	`hsl(356, 66%, 33%)`
Lab*	`31.04 46.26 25.52`
CMYK*	`0% 79% 74% 45%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

45 %

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