Crimson

#d5004e

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

Crimson is a deep pink, rich and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #d5004e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d5004e

RGB213, 0, 78

HSL338, 100%, 42%

HSV338, 100%, 84%

CMYK0%, 100%, 63%, 16%

Lab45.22, 72.03, 19.98

XYZ28.82, 14.7, 8.53

Decimal13959246

Web safe#cc0066

Pantone206 C

Shades of crimson

#c30047 #b10041 #9e003a #8c0033 #7a002d #680026 #55001f #430019 #310012 #1f000b

Tints of crimson

#f10058 #ff0e66 #ff2a78 #ff468a #ff629b #ff7dad #ff99bf #ffb5d0 #ffd1e2 #ffedf4

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#00d587 Analogous#d500b9 Analogous#d51c00 Triadic#4ed500 Triadic#004ed5 Split complementary#00d51c Split complementary#00b9d5

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, 100, 63, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d5004e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 63 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 62 22

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Crimson in css

Copy #d5004e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d5004e; }
.text { color: #d5004e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d5004e; }

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 #d5004e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d5004e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Crimson on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d5004e 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn crimson into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d5004e 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 #d5004e are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.