Crimson

#cd1235

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

Crimson is a deep red that reads rich. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #cd1235, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd1235

RGB205, 18, 53

HSL349, 84%, 44%

HSV349, 91%, 80%

CMYK0%, 91%, 74%, 20%

Lab43.75, 67.16, 33.2

XYZ26.04, 13.67, 4.63

Decimal13439541

Web safe#cc0033

Pantone200 C

Shades of crimson

#bb1030 #aa0f2c #980d27 #860c23 #750a1e #63091a #510715 #400610 #2e040c #1c0207

Tints of crimson

#e6143b #ec294d #ee4162 #f15a76 #f3738b #f58c9f #f7a4b4 #f9bdc8 #fbd6dd #feeff1

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#12cdaa Analogous#cd1293 Analogous#cd4c12 Triadic#35cd12 Triadic#1235cd Split complementary#12cd4c Split complementary#1293cd

Crimson in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 91, 74, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd1235 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 91 74 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 88 72 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 #cd1235 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd1235; }
.text { color: #cd1235; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd1235; }

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 #cd1235 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd1235 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 #cd1235 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 #cd1235 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 #cd1235 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.