Crimson

#bc3945

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 355 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 #bc3945, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc3945

RGB188, 57, 69

HSL355, 53%, 48%

HSV355, 70%, 74%

CMYK0%, 70%, 63%, 26%

Lab44.3, 52.9, 23.41

XYZ23.28, 14.05, 7.11

Decimal12335429

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone703 C

Shades of crimson

#ac343f #9b2f39 #8b2a33 #7a252d #6a2027 #591b21 #49161b #381115 #280c0f #170709

Tints of crimson

#c74752 #cd5a64 #d36d76 #d88088 #de9299 #e4a5ab #eab8bd #efcbcf #f5dee0 #fbf1f2

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#39bcb0 Analogous#bc3986 Analogous#bc6f39 Triadic#45bc39 Triadic#3945bc Split complementary#39bc6f Split complementary#3986bc

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, 70, 63, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc3945 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 70 63 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 68 62 32

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 #bc3945 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc3945; }
.text { color: #bc3945; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc3945; }

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 #bc3945 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc3945 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 #bc3945 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 #bc3945 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 #bc3945 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.