Crimson

#b91c4c

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 #b91c4c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b91c4c

RGB185, 28, 76

HSL342, 74%, 42%

HSV342, 85%, 73%

CMYK0%, 85%, 59%, 27%

Lab40.68, 61.41, 14.15

XYZ21.73, 11.67, 7.94

Decimal12131404

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone214 C

Shades of crimson

#a91a45 #99173f #891538 #7a1232 #6a102b #5a0e25 #4a0b1e #3a0918 #2a0611 #1b040b

Tints of crimson

#d12056 #df2e64 #e34676 #e75e88 #ea769a #ee8fac #f2a7be #f5bfd0 #f9d7e2 #fdeff4

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#1cb989 Analogous#b91c9b Analogous#b93a1c Triadic#4cb91c Triadic#1c4cb9 Split complementary#1cb93a Split complementary#1c9bb9

Crimson in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 85, 59, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b91c4c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 85 59 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 82 58 33

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #b91c4c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b91c4c; }
.text { color: #b91c4c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b91c4c; }

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 #b91c4c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b91c4c 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 #b91c4c 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 #b91c4c 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 #b91c4c are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.