Crimson

#ca3560

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

This is Crimson, a strong pink at 343 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #ca3560, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca3560

RGB202, 53, 96

HSL343, 58%, 50%

HSV343, 74%, 79%

CMYK0%, 74%, 52%, 21%

Lab46.91, 60.52, 10.78

XYZ27.74, 15.95, 12.68

Decimal13251936

Web safe#cc3366

Pantone214 C

Shades of crimson

#b83058#a62c4f#952747#83223e#711e36#5f192d#4e1425#3c101c#2a0b14#18060c

Tints of crimson

#cf486f#d45b7e#d96d8c#de809b#e393aa#e8a6b9#edb9c8#f1cbd6#f6dee5#fbf1f4

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#35ca9fAnalogous#ca35abAnalogous#ca5535Triadic#60ca35Triadic#3560caSplit complementary#35ca55Split complementary#35abca

Crimson in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 74, 52, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca3560 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 74 52 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 72 52 27

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 #ca3560 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca3560; }
.text { color: #ca3560; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca3560; }

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 #ca3560 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca3560 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 #ca3560 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 #ca3560 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 #ca3560 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.