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Dense Throne Crimson

#b62c20
Notes

Dense Throne Crimson (#B62C20) is a true red with a vibrant character. It holds its own as a focal accent, carrying visual weight without tipping into neon territory. Its HSL profile (5°, 70%, 42%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary cyan. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#b62c20
RGB
rgb(182, 44, 32)
HSL
hsl(5, 70%, 42%)
HWB
hwb(5 13% 29%)
OKLCH
oklch(51.2% 0.176 29.5)
HSV
hsv(5, 82%, 71%)
LAB
lab(40.98% 54.02 40.82)
LCH
lch(40.98% 67.71 37.08)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 76%, 82%, 29%)

Etymology

Dense
adjective

Latin dēnsus, thick / crowded — sharing root with English condense. As a color modifier, dense implies a saturated-and-tightly-packed quality where the hue carries maximum pigmentation per visual unit-of-area. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to thick and concentrated in usage.

Throne
modifier

Latin thronus, seat-of-state. As a color modifier, throne implies a king-and-queen-ceremonial-seat quality, the visual register of Russian-Imperial-and-Tudor-Court hand-carved jeweled-and-gilt-and-velvet ceremonial-seat-of-state surfaces under Russian-Imperial-Romanov-and-Tudor-Court hand-carved ceremonial-seat candlelight. Sits at the modifier-and-cultural end of the grid, parallel to crown and manor in usage.

Crimson
noun

From the Old Spanish cremesin, itself from the Arabic qirmiz — the kermes scale insect, dried and ground into a brilliant carmine dye prized in the medieval Mediterranean. For centuries the most expensive red on a draper's shelf, reserved for cardinals, kings, and the cloth that gave English the word crimson. Cooler than scarlet, deeper than rose; the color of pomegranate seeds and a serious occasion.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#b62c20
Original
#574d1d
Protanopia
#796c19
Deuteranopia
#c9002b
Tritanopia
#484848
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon White
6.23:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon Black
3.37:1

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