Crimson

#bb2949

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

Crimson is a mid red that reads confident. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #bb2949, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb2949

RGB187, 41, 73

HSL347, 64%, 45%

HSV347, 78%, 73%

CMYK0%, 78%, 61%, 27%

Lab42.2, 58.38, 18.16

XYZ22.49, 12.63, 7.56

Decimal12265801

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone703 C

Shades of crimson

#ab2543 #9b223c #8a1e36 #7a1b30 #6a1729 #5a1423 #4a101d #390d16 #290910 #19060a

Tints of crimson

#d12e51 #d64363 #db5975 #df6e87 #e48499 #e99aab #eeafbd #f2c5cf #f7dbe1 #fcf0f3

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#29bb9b Analogous#bb2992 Analogous#bb5229 Triadic#49bb29 Triadic#2949bb Split complementary#29bb52 Split complementary#2992bb

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, 61, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb2949 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 78 61 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 76 60 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 #bb2949 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb2949; }
.text { color: #bb2949; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb2949; }

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 #bb2949 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb2949 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 #bb2949 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 #bb2949 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

Every value on this page for #bb2949 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.