#DC236DVivid Crimson

#DC236D is a vivid crimson in the Crimson family. In practice it looks like a bold, saturated medium crimson, and it is also commonly known as Crimson, Cherry Red. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#DC236D
CSS Namecrimson (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#fff2f4
100#ffe1e7
200#ffc8d4
300#ffa0b7
400#fe6594
500#f2307a
600#da1369
700#b90057
800#9b0048
900#85003c
950#510022

Accessibility

Contrast on white
4.66:1
Contrast on black
4.50:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • UI components (3:1) on whitePass

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.015 4.3); /* #fff2f4 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.034 4.3); /* #ffe1e7 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.064 4.3); /* #ffc8d4 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.115 4.3); /* #ffa0b7 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.191 4.3); /* #fe6594 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.23 4.3); /* #f2307a */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.225 4.3); /* #da1369 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.203 4.3); /* #b90057 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.179 4.3); /* #9b0048 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.159 4.3); /* #85003c */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.113 4.3); /* #510022 */
}

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