Crimson

#c53254

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 balanced. 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 #c53254, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c53254

RGB197, 50, 84

HSL346, 60%, 48%

HSV346, 75%, 77%

CMYK0%, 75%, 57%, 23%

Lab45.35, 59.17, 15.88

XYZ25.77, 14.79, 9.88

Decimal12923476

Web safe#cc3366

Pantone206 C

Shades of crimson

#b42e4d #a22945 #91253e #802037 #6f1c2f #5d1828 #4c1320 #3b0f19 #2a0b12 #18060a

Tints of crimson

#cf4162 #d45472 #d96882 #de7b92 #e38fa2 #e8a3b3 #ecb6c3 #f1cad3 #f6dde3 #fbf1f3

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#32c5a3 Analogous#c5329d Analogous#c55932 Triadic#54c532 Triadic#3254c5 Split complementary#32c559 Split complementary#329ec5

Crimson in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 75, 57, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c53254 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 75 57 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 73 56 29

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 #c53254 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c53254; }
.text { color: #c53254; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c53254; }

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 #c53254 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c53254 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 #c53254 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 #c53254 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 #c53254 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.