Crimson

#cd243a

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

Crimson lands in the red band, mid and strong. 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 #cd243a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd243a

RGB205, 36, 58

HSL352, 70%, 47%

HSV352, 82%, 80%

CMYK0%, 82%, 72%, 20%

Lab45.01, 63.98, 31.66

XYZ26.57, 14.55, 5.41

Decimal13444154

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone199 C

Shades of crimson

#bb2135 #a91e30 #971b2b #851726 #741421 #62111c #500e17 #3e0b11 #2c080c #1a0507

Tints of crimson

#db3046 #de4559 #e25a6c #e6707f #ea8592 #ed9aa5 #f1b0b8 #f5c5cb #f9dade #fcf0f1

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#24cdb7 Analogous#cd248e Analogous#cd6324 Triadic#3acd24 Triadic#243acd Split complementary#24cd63 Split complementary#248ecd

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, 82, 72, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd243a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 82 72 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 79 70 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 #cd243a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd243a; }
.text { color: #cd243a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd243a; }

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 #cd243a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd243a 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 #cd243a 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 #cd243a 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 #cd243a are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.