Crimson

#e10948

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

This is Crimson, a vivid pink at 342 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #e10948, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e10948

RGB225, 9, 72

HSL343, 92%, 46%

HSV343, 96%, 88%

CMYK0%, 96%, 68%, 12%

Lab47.84, 73.8, 27.56

XYZ32.32, 16.67, 7.65

Decimal14747976

Web safe#cc0033

Pantone1925 C

Shades of crimson

#cd0842 #ba073b #a60735 #93062f #7f0529 #6c0422 #58041c #450316 #310210 #1d0109

Tints of crimson

#f50e52 #f62764 #f74076 #f85987 #f97299 #fa8bab #fba3bd #fcbccf #fdd5e1 #feeef3

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#09e1a2 Analogous#e109b4 Analogous#e13609 Triadic#48e109 Triadic#0948e1 Split complementary#09e136 Split complementary#09b4e1

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, 96, 68, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e10948 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 96 68 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 92 67 18

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 #e10948 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e10948; }
.text { color: #e10948; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e10948; }

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 #e10948 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e10948 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 #e10948 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 #e10948 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 #e10948 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.