Crimson

#b93d55

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

This is Crimson, a soft red sitting at 348 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #b93d55, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b93d55

RGB185, 61, 85

HSL348, 50%, 48%

HSV348, 67%, 73%

CMYK0%, 67%, 54%, 27%

Lab44.67, 51.49, 13.99

XYZ23.32, 14.31, 10.13

Decimal12139861

Web safe#cc3366

Pantone703 C

Shades of crimson

#a9384e #993246 #882d3f #782837 #682230 #581d28 #481821 #371219 #270d12 #17080b

Tints of crimson

#c44b62 #ca5d72 #d07083 #d68393 #dc95a3 #e2a8b3 #e8bac3 #eecdd3 #f4dfe3 #fbf2f3

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#3db9a1 Analogous#b93d93 Analogous#b9633d Triadic#55b93d Triadic#3d55b9 Split complementary#3db963 Split complementary#3d93b9

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, 67, 54, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b93d55 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 67 54 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 66 54 33

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 #b93d55 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b93d55; }
.text { color: #b93d55; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b93d55; }

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 #b93d55 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b93d55 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 #b93d55 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 #b93d55 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

The figures for #b93d55 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.