What colors make Crimson Red?
On this page, you will find the Crimson Red Hex, RGB, Hue Saturation Light (HSL), and CMYK color codes. We also include shades and variations of Crimson Red, color palettes, and related colors.
Crimson Red color code
The Crimson Red hex code is #990000. The Crimson Red hex code can be quantified in RGB values which represent the amount of Red, Green and Blue color channels. The RGB value is an estimated amount of red, green, and blue color to create the color Crimson Red. The RGB estimate is:
- Red: #99 in Hex amounts to 60%
- Green: #00 in Hex amounts to 0%
- Blue: #00 in Hex amounts to 0%
Crimson Red in HSL
HSL is an acronym which stands for Hue, Saturation, and Lightness. HSL was developed for television and standardized for computer displays.
Hue is the perceived color name. Saturation is the "colorfulness" relative to the color's brightness. Brightness is our human eye's quantifed perception of the spectral light distribution. Lightness is the color brightness relative to a perceived similarly illuminated white.
Brightness and "colorfulness" are absolute measures, while Lightness and and Saturation are relative measures.
Crimson Red is 0deg, 100%, 30% HSL.
- Hue: 0deg
- Saturation: 100%
- Light: 30%
Crimson Red color in CMYK color model
The CMYK color model is commonly used in printing. The CMYK acronym stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key. Where key is black. Since the black color is the absence of light, the CMYK is a subtractive color model. White light minus red is cyan, minus green is magenta, minus blue is yellow.
Crimson Red is 0% 100% 100% 40% CMYK.
- Cyan: 0%
- Magenta: 100%
- Yellow: 100%
- Key (or Black): 40%
Different shades of Crimson Red
According to its HSL value, Crimson Red contains about 30% of brightness.
Below are the all the values in HEX, HSL and CMYK color spaces for each shade variations:
- Hex HSL CMYK
- #FECCCC 0deg, 100%, 90% 0%, 19%, 19%, 99%
- #FF9999 0deg, 100%, 80% 0%, 40%, 40%, 99%
- #FF6565 0deg, 100%, 70% 0%, 59%, 59%, 99%
- #FF3232 0deg, 100%, 60% 0%, 80%, 80%, 99%
- #FF0000 0deg, 100%, 50% 0%, 100%, 100%, 99%
- #CC0000 0deg, 100%, 40% 0%, 100%, 100%, 99%
- #990000 0deg, 100%, 30% 0%, 100%, 100%, 99%
- #660000 0deg, 100%, 20% 0%, 100%, 100%, 99%
- #330000 0deg, 100%, 10% 0%, 100%, 100%, 99%
Accessibility tips when using the color Crimson Red
Ensure your content remains available to the broadest possible audience. Make sure the text color has enough contrast with its background. When using Crimson Red on text, we recommend you use white for the background.
The reason Crimson Red contrasts better with a white background is because Crimson Red has a degree of brightness of 30% which provides better contrast on a bright background.
The Crimson Red color palette hex codes.
There are a few color palettes available when working with Crimson Red, but below is our favorite:
- Spanish Gray
#989898 - Cinereous
#98817B - Whisky Barrel
#96745B - Cognac
#9A463D - Chocolate Lust
#993322
By interpolating Hue and Saturation values, we can also generate great color palettes inspired from Crimson Red
- Spanish Gray
#989898 - Cinereous
#98817B - Whisky Barrel
#96745B - Cognac
#9A463D - Chocolate Lust
#993322
Below is a series of palettes generated from the color Crimson Red:
Palette variances of 3 colors:
- #006599
- #329900
- #990000
- #729900
- #990000
- #720099
- #990000
- #990091
- #0F0099
Palette variances of 4 colors:
- #00997F
- #599900
- #990000
- #590099
- #990000
- #870099
- #002399
- #009963
- #997A00
- #990000
- #99007A
- #3D0099
Palette variances of 5 colors:
- #269900
- #7F9900
- #995900
- #990000
- #990059
- #997A00
- #993D00
- #990000
- #99003D
- #99007A
- #5B9900
- #998E00
- #994700
- #990000
- #990047
Palette variances of 6 colors:
- #994900
- #990000
- #990049
- #990093
- #540099
- #0A0099
- #009919
- #289900
- #6B9900
- #998400
- #994200
- #990000
- #00996B
- #1E9900
- #998900
- #990000
- #990089
- #1E0099
You will find specific color values of Crimson Red on this page. For example, the Crimson Red HEX color code is #990000. We offer a variety of color palette, variances, and an expert color mixer to develop color schemes. Related colors for Crimson Red are:
- Cayenne color code is (148.0, 17.0, 0.0).
- Burnt Red color code is (159.0, 35.0, 5.0).
- Cacodemon Red color code is (159.0, 0.0, 0.0).
- Chocoholic color code is (153.0, 51.0, 0.0).
- Brown, Warm Brown, Brownie color code is (150.0, 75.0, 0.0).
- Tabasco color code is (160.0, 39.0, 18.0).
- Heavy Red color code is (158.0, 18.0, 18.0).
- Gory Red color code is (163.0, 8.0, 0.0).
- Büchel Cherry color code is (170.0, 17.0, 17.0).
- Carnivore color code is (153.0, 17.0, 17.0).
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A third component we provide on this page is color shades. For example, shades of Crimson Red include Cayenne, Burnt Red, Cacodemon Red, Chocoholic, Brown, Warm Brown, Brownie, Tabasco, Heavy Red, Gory Red, Büchel Cherry, and Carnivore. We offer nine tints and shades for each color. A color shade is found by adjusting the color saturation to find a darker hue. A color tint is a lighter color. For example, pink is a tint of red.
