Crimson

#cb2b59

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

Crimson is a mid pink, grounded and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #cb2b59, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb2b59

RGB203, 43, 89

HSL343, 65%, 48%

HSV343, 79%, 80%

CMYK0%, 79%, 56%, 20%

Lab45.83, 63.36, 13.64

XYZ27.3, 15.15, 10.94

Decimal13314905

Web safe#cc3366

Pantone214 C

Shades of crimson

#b92751 #a72349 #962042 #841c3a #721832 #60142a #4f1122 #3d0d1b #2b0913 #19050b

Tints of crimson

#d53966 #d94e76 #de6286 #e27695 #e68ba5 #eb9fb5 #efb3c4 #f3c8d4 #f8dce4 #fcf0f4

Colors that go with crimson

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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, 79, 56, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb2b59 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 79 56 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 77 56 26

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 #cb2b59 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb2b59; }
.text { color: #cb2b59; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb2b59; }

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 #cb2b59 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb2b59 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 #cb2b59 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 #cb2b59 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 #cb2b59 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.