Crimson

Crimson
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#DC143C
sRGBB (r, g, b)(220, 20, 60)
HSV (h, s, v)(348°, 91%, 86%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(47, 140, 8°)
SourceHTML/CSS[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple.[2] It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose. It is the national color of Nepal.

  1. ^ "W3C CSS3 Color Module". Archived from the original on 2017-11-29. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
  2. ^ "crimson". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)