Crimson

#c63f60

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

Crimson lands in the red band, mid and soft. 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 #c63f60, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c63f60

RGB198, 63, 96

HSL345, 54%, 51%

HSV345, 68%, 78%

CMYK0%, 68%, 52%, 22%

Lab47.5, 55.69, 11.51

XYZ27.18, 16.41, 12.8

Decimal12992352

Web safe#cc3366

Pantone214 C

Shades of crimson

#b73656 #a6314e #942c45 #82273d #702135 #5f1c2c #4d1724 #3b121c #290c13 #18070b

Tints of crimson

#cb516f #d1637e #d6748c #db869b #e098aa #e6aab9 #ebbcc7 #f0ced6 #f6dfe5 #fbf1f4

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#3fc6a5 Analogous#c63fa4 Analogous#c6613f Triadic#60c63f Triadic#3f60c6 Split complementary#3fc661 Split complementary#3fa4c6

Crimson in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 68, 52, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c63f60 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 68 52 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 67 52 28

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 #c63f60 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c63f60; }
.text { color: #c63f60; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c63f60; }

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 #c63f60 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c63f60 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 #c63f60 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 #c63f60 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 #c63f60 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.