Crimson

#cc0744

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

Crimson is a deep pink, serious 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 #cc0744, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cc0744

RGB204, 7, 68

HSL341, 93%, 41%

HSV341, 97%, 80%

CMYK0%, 97%, 67%, 20%

Lab43.37, 68.76, 23.46

XYZ26.02, 13.41, 6.69

Decimal13371204

Web safe#cc0033

Pantone206 C

Shades of crimson

#bb063e #a90638 #980533 #86052d #750427 #630321 #52031b #400215 #2f0210 #1e010a

Tints of crimson

#e7084d #f7145a #f82f6e #f94b81 #fa6694 #fb81a7 #fc9cba #fdb7cd #fdd3e0 #feeef3

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#07cc8f Analogous#cc07a6 Analogous#cc2d07 Triadic#44cc07 Triadic#0744cc Split complementary#07cc2d Split complementary#07a6cc

Crimson in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 97, 67, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cc0744 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 97 67 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 93 66 26

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 #cc0744 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cc0744; }
.text { color: #cc0744; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cc0744; }

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 #cc0744 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cc0744 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 #cc0744 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 #cc0744 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 #cc0744 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.