Crimson

#dd002f

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

Crimson lands in the red band, deep and vivid. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #dd002f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd002f

RGB221, 0, 47

HSL347, 100%, 43%

HSV347, 100%, 87%

CMYK0%, 100%, 79%, 13%

Lab46.42, 72.65, 40.59

XYZ30.33, 15.58, 4.1

Decimal14483503

Web safe#cc0033

Pantone711 C

Shades of crimson

#ca002b #b70027 #a40023 #91001f #7e001b #6b0017 #580013 #45000f #32000b #1f0007

Tints of crimson

#f80035 #ff1446 #ff2f5c #ff4a71 #ff6686 #ff819c #ff9cb1 #ffb7c6 #ffd2dc #ffedf1

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#00ddae Analogous#dd009d Analogous#dd4000 Triadic#2fdd00 Triadic#002fdd Split complementary#00dd40 Split complementary#009edd

Crimson in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 100, 79, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd002f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 79 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 77 19

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 #dd002f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd002f; }
.text { color: #dd002f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd002f; }

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 #dd002f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd002f 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 #dd002f 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 #dd002f 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 #dd002f are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.