Crimson

#b8274e

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for crimson, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Crimson sits in the pink band, deep and strong. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #b8274e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8274e

RGB184, 39, 78

HSL344, 65%, 44%

HSV344, 79%, 72%

CMYK0%, 79%, 58%, 28%

Lab41.52, 58.45, 14.0

XYZ21.87, 12.19, 8.41

Decimal12068686

Web safe#cc3366

Pantone214 C

Shades of crimson

#a82447 #982041 #881d3a #781a33 #69162c #591326 #490f1f #390c18 #290911 #19050b

Tints of crimson

#ce2c57 #d63f67 #db5579 #e06b8a #e4819c #e997ad #eeaebf #f2c4d0 #f7dae2 #fcf0f3

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#27b891 Analogous#b82797 Analogous#b84927 Triadic#4eb827 Triadic#274eb8 Split complementary#27b849 Split complementary#2797b8

Crimson in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 79, 58, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8274e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 79 58 28

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 77 57 34

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Crimson in css

Copy #b8274e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8274e; }
.text { color: #b8274e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8274e; }

How crimson looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Crimson and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b8274e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8274e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Crimson on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b8274e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around crimson? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn crimson into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b8274e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from crimson, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #b8274e are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.