Crimson

#dd323e

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

This is Crimson, a strong red sitting at 356 degrees on the wheel. 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 #dd323e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd323e

RGB221, 50, 62

HSL356, 72%, 53%

HSV356, 77%, 87%

CMYK0%, 77%, 72%, 13%

Lab49.5, 64.9, 35.35

XYZ31.83, 18.0, 6.35

Decimal14496318

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone192 C

Shades of crimson

#d42330 #bf202b #ab1c26 #961922 #81151d #6d1218 #580f14 #430b0f #2f080b #1a0406

Tints of crimson

#e04550 #e35862 #e66b74 #ea7e85 #ed9197 #f0a4a9 #f3b7bb #f6cacd #f9dddf #fcf0f1

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#32ddd1 Analogous#dd3293 Analogous#dd7b32 Triadic#3edd32 Triadic#323edd Split complementary#32dd7b Split complementary#3293dd

Crimson in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 77, 72, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd323e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 77 72 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 75 70 19

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 #dd323e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd323e; }
.text { color: #dd323e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd323e; }

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 #dd323e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd323e 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 #dd323e 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 #dd323e 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 #dd323e is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.