Crimson

#df294d

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 balanced. 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 #df294d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#df294d

RGB223, 41, 77

HSL348, 74%, 52%

HSV348, 82%, 87%

CMYK0%, 82%, 65%, 13%

Lab49.26, 68.55, 26.24

XYZ32.56, 17.81, 8.74

Decimal14625101

Web safe#cc3366

Pantone1925 C

Shades of crimson

#d11f43 #bd1c3c #a91936 #94162f #801329 #6c1022 #580d1c #430a15 #2f070f #1b0408

Tints of crimson

#e23d5e #e5516e #e8657f #eb788f #ee8ca0 #f1a0b0 #f4b4c1 #f7c8d1 #fadce2 #fdeff2

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#29dfbb Analogous#df29a8 Analogous#df6029 Triadic#4ddf29 Triadic#294ddf Split complementary#29df60 Split complementary#29a8df

Crimson in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 82, 65, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #df294d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 82 65 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 79 64 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 #df294d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #df294d; }
.text { color: #df294d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #df294d; }

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 #df294d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #df294d 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 #df294d 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 #df294d 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 #df294d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.