Crimson

#cd1b49

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

Crimson is a mid pink, confident and easy to pair. 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 #cd1b49, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd1b49

RGB205, 27, 73

HSL344, 77%, 45%

HSV344, 87%, 80%

CMYK0%, 87%, 64%, 20%

Lab44.58, 66.63, 21.95

XYZ26.77, 14.24, 7.64

Decimal13441865

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone206 C

Shades of crimson

#bb1943 #a9163c #981436 #861230 #740f29 #620d23 #500b1d #3f0816 #2d0610 #1b040a

Tints of crimson

#e22052 #e53764 #e84e76 #eb6588 #ee7c9a #f193ab #f4aabd #f7c1cf #fad8e1 #fdeff3

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#1bcd9f Analogous#cd1ba2 Analogous#cd461b Triadic#49cd1b Triadic#1b49cd Split complementary#1bcd46 Split complementary#1ba2cd

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, 87, 64, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd1b49 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 87 64 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 84 63 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 #cd1b49 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd1b49; }
.text { color: #cd1b49; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd1b49; }

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 #cd1b49 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd1b49 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 #cd1b49 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 #cd1b49 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 #cd1b49 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.