Crimson

Crimson deepens pure red toward blue, trading alarm for drama. It carries premium and editorial weight — wine labels, fashion, confident CTAs that don't shout.

premium CTAseditorial accentswine and dining brands

Values in every format

HEX: #dc143c
RGB: rgb(220, 20, 60)
HSL: hsl(348, 83%, 47%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.571 0.222 20.1)
CMYK: cmyk(0%, 90.9%, 72.7%, 13.7%)

Hue family: Red · closest CSS name: crimson. Convert this color

Perceptual shade scale

Eleven even steps from 50 to 950, computed in OKLCH — the starred stop is #DC143C itself.

50#fff5f4
100#ffe6e6
200#ffd2d1
300#ffb6b5
400#ff8c8d
500#ff5562
600 ★#dc143c
700#c50032
800#9d0026
900#79001b
950#4e000e

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Harmonies with crimson

Complementary

Maximum contrast — use one side for action, the other sparingly.

#dc143c #14dcb4

Analogous

Neighbors on the wheel — calm, cohesive, hard to get wrong.

#dc14a0 #dc143c #dc5014

Triadic

Three evenly spaced hues — vibrant, needs one clear leader.

#dc143c #3cdc14 #143cdc

Measured contrast

on white4.99:1 · AA normal ✓

on black4.21:1 · AA large only

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