Crimson

#bb293d

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

Crimson lands in the red band, mid and strong. 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 #bb293d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb293d

RGB187, 41, 61

HSL352, 64%, 45%

HSV352, 78%, 73%

CMYK0%, 78%, 67%, 27%

Lab41.98, 57.68, 25.33

XYZ22.13, 12.49, 5.66

Decimal12265789

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone200 C

Shades of crimson

#ab2538 #9b2232 #8a1e2d #7a1b28 #6a1723 #5a141d #4a1018 #390d13 #29090d #190608

Tints of crimson

#d12e44 #d64357 #db596a #df6e7e #e48491 #e99aa5 #eeafb8 #f2c5cb #f7dbdf #fcf0f2

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#29bba7 Analogous#bb2986 Analogous#bb5e29 Triadic#3dbb29 Triadic#293dbb Split complementary#29bb5e Split complementary#2986bb

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, 78, 67, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb293d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 78 67 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 76 66 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Crimson in css

Copy #bb293d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb293d; }
.text { color: #bb293d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb293d; }

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 #bb293d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb293d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Crimson on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bb293d 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn crimson into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bb293d 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 #bb293d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.