Crimson

#c24060

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 #c24060, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c24060

RGB194, 64, 96

HSL345, 52%, 51%

HSV345, 67%, 76%

CMYK0%, 67%, 51%, 24%

Lab46.95, 54.04, 10.63

XYZ26.19, 15.98, 12.77

Decimal12730464

Web safe#cc3366

Pantone214 C

Shades of crimson

#b23957 #a1334e #902e46 #7f283e #6d2335 #5c1d2d #4b1824 #3a121c #280d14 #17070b

Tints of crimson

#c8526f #cd637e #d3758c #d9879b #de99aa #e4aab9 #eabcc7 #efced6 #f5e0e5 #fbf1f4

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#40c2a2 Analogous#c240a1 Analogous#c26140 Triadic#60c240 Triadic#4060c2 Split complementary#40c261 Split complementary#40a1c2

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, 51, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c24060 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 67 51 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 66 51 30

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 #c24060 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c24060; }
.text { color: #c24060; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c24060; }

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 #c24060 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c24060 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 #c24060 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 #c24060 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 #c24060 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.