Crimson

#bf2d4e

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 grounded. 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 #bf2d4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf2d4e

RGB191, 45, 78

HSL346, 62%, 46%

HSV346, 76%, 75%

CMYK0%, 76%, 59%, 25%

Lab43.51, 58.63, 16.93

XYZ23.8, 13.5, 8.56

Decimal12528974

Web safe#cc3366

Pantone206 C

Shades of crimson

#ae2947 #9e2540 #8d213a #7d1d33 #6c192c #5b1625 #4b121e #3a0e18 #290a11 #19060a

Tints of crimson

#d03659 #d54b6a #d95f7b #de748c #e3899d #e89eae #edb2c0 #f2c7d1 #f7dce2 #fcf1f3

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#2dbf9e Analogous#bf2d97 Analogous#bf552d Triadic#4ebf2d Triadic#2d4ebf Split complementary#2dbf55 Split complementary#2d97bf

Crimson in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 76, 59, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf2d4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 76 59 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 74 58 31

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 #bf2d4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf2d4e; }
.text { color: #bf2d4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf2d4e; }

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 #bf2d4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf2d4e 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 #bf2d4e 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 #bf2d4e 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 #bf2d4e are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.