Crimson

#cd214c

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

This is Crimson, a strong red sitting at 345 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #cd214c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd214c

RGB205, 33, 76

HSL345, 72%, 47%

HSV345, 84%, 80%

CMYK0%, 84%, 63%, 20%

Lab45.07, 65.57, 20.73

XYZ27.03, 14.59, 8.23

Decimal13443404

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone206 C

Shades of crimson

#bb1e45 #a91b3f #971838 #861532 #74132b #621024 #500d1e #3e0a17 #2c0710 #1a040a

Tints of crimson

#dd2b57 #e04068 #e4567a #e76c8b #eb829c #ee98ae #f2aebf #f5c4d0 #f9dae2 #fdf0f3

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#21cda2 Analogous#cd21a2 Analogous#cd4c21 Triadic#4ccd21 Triadic#214ccd Split complementary#21cd4c Split complementary#21a2cd

Crimson in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 84, 63, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd214c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 84 63 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 81 62 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 #cd214c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd214c; }
.text { color: #cd214c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd214c; }

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 #cd214c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd214c 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 #cd214c 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 #cd214c 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 #cd214c 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.