Crimson

#db334a

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. 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 #db334a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#db334a

RGB219, 51, 74

HSL352, 70%, 53%

HSV352, 77%, 86%

CMYK0%, 77%, 66%, 14%

Lab49.4, 64.6, 28.06

XYZ31.63, 17.92, 8.27

Decimal14365514

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone710 C

Shades of crimson

#d1253c #bd2137 #a81e31 #941a2b #801725 #6b131f #570f19 #430c13 #2e080d #1a0508

Tints of crimson

#de465b #e2596c #e56c7c #e87f8d #ec919e #efa4af #f2b7bf #f6cad0 #f9dde1 #fcf0f2

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#33dbc4 Analogous#db339e Analogous#db7033 Triadic#4adb33 Triadic#334adb Split complementary#33db70 Split complementary#339edb

Crimson in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 77, 66, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #db334a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 77 66 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 75 65 20

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 #db334a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #db334a; }
.text { color: #db334a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #db334a; }

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 #db334a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #db334a 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 #db334a 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 #db334a 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 #db334a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.