Crimson colour

RGB hex code

#DB143D

RGB (255)

219, 20, 61

RGB

0.8600, 0.0800, 0.2400

RGB %

86%, 8%, 24%

CIELAB

L: 46.93, A: 70.74, B: 32.72

HSV

H: 0.9658, S: 0.9070, V: 0.8600

CSS colour name

Crimson

Colour components

The RGB colour model is an additive model in which the red, green, and blue primary colors of light are added together to reproduce a broad spectrum of colours. In the case of crimson, using 8-bit 0–255 values for each channel, it is red 219, green 20, blue 61.

The CIELAB color space expresses color as three values: L* for perceptual lightness, and a* and b* for the colours of human vision: red-green, blue-yellow.

Crimson is a strong, red color, inclining to purple.

In terms of colour temperature, crimson is considered a warm colour.