Crimson

#dd0e2a

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 vivid. 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 #dd0e2a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd0e2a

RGB221, 14, 42

HSL352, 88%, 46%

HSV352, 94%, 87%

CMYK0%, 94%, 81%, 13%

Lab46.78, 71.31, 43.77

XYZ30.39, 15.85, 3.65

Decimal14487082

Web safe#cc0033

Pantone1795 C

Shades of crimson

#ca0d26 #b70c23 #a30a1f #90091b #7d0818 #6a0714 #560510 #43040d #300309 #1d0205

Tints of crimson

#f01532 #f22d47 #f3455d #f55d72 #f67587 #f88d9c #f9a6b1 #fbbec6 #fcd6db #feeef0

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#0eddc1 Analogous#dd0e91 Analogous#dd5a0e Triadic#2add0e Triadic#0e2add Split complementary#0edd5a Split complementary#0e91dd

Crimson in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 94, 81, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd0e2a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 94 81 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 90 79 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 #dd0e2a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd0e2a; }
.text { color: #dd0e2a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd0e2a; }

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 #dd0e2a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd0e2a 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 #dd0e2a 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 #dd0e2a 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 #dd0e2a 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. 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.