Crimson

#cf353a

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

Crimson is a mid red that reads confident. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #cf353a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cf353a

RGB207, 53, 58

HSL358, 62%, 51%

HSV358, 74%, 81%

CMYK0%, 74%, 72%, 19%

Lab47.13, 59.67, 34.24

XYZ27.77, 16.12, 5.65

Decimal13579578

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone711 C

Shades of crimson

#c02e32 #ad292d #9a2529 #882024 #751c1f #63171a #501315 #3e0f10 #2b0a0b #190606

Tints of crimson

#d3484c #d85b5f #dc6d71 #e18083 #e59395 #eaa6a8 #eeb8ba #f3cbcc #f7dedf #fcf1f1

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#35cfca Analogous#cf3587 Analogous#cf7d35 Triadic#3acf35 Triadic#353acf Split complementary#35cf7d Split complementary#3587cf

Crimson in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 74, 72, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cf353a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 74 72 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 72 70 25

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 #cf353a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cf353a; }
.text { color: #cf353a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cf353a; }

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 #cf353a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cf353a 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 #cf353a 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 #cf353a 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

Every value on this page for #cf353a is computed, not guessed. 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.