Crimson

#ca1934

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

This is Crimson, a strong red sitting at 351 degrees on the wheel. 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 #ca1934, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca1934

RGB202, 25, 52

HSL351, 78%, 45%

HSV351, 88%, 79%

CMYK0%, 88%, 74%, 21%

Lab43.51, 65.24, 33.35

XYZ25.32, 13.5, 4.52

Decimal13244724

Web safe#cc0033

Pantone200 C

Shades of crimson

#b91730 #a7152b #961327 #841022 #730e1e #610c19 #500a15 #3e0810 #2d060c #1b0307

Tints of crimson

#e21c3a #e6324e #e94a62 #ec6277 #ee798b #f1919f #f4a8b4 #f7c0c8 #fad8dd #fdeff1

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#19caaf Analogous#ca198c Analogous#ca5719 Triadic#34ca19 Triadic#1934ca Split complementary#19ca57 Split complementary#198cca

Crimson in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 88, 74, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca1934 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 88 74 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 85 72 27

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #ca1934 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca1934; }
.text { color: #ca1934; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca1934; }

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 #ca1934 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca1934 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 #ca1934 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 #ca1934 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 #ca1934 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.