Crimson

#e13d36

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 grounded. 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 #e13d36, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e13d36

RGB225, 61, 54

HSL2, 74%, 55%

HSV2, 76%, 88%

CMYK0%, 73%, 76%, 12%

Lab51.39, 62.29, 42.2

XYZ33.39, 19.61, 5.52

Decimal14761270

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone1788 C

Shades of crimson

#dd2921 #c8251e #b2211b #9c1d17 #871914 #711511 #5b110e #460d0a #300907 #1b0504

Tints of crimson

#e44f49 #e7615b #e9736e #ec8580 #ef9793 #f2a8a5 #f4bab8 #f7ccca #fadedd #fdf0ef

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#36dae1 Analogous#e13684 Analogous#e19336 Triadic#36e13d Triadic#3d36e1 Split complementary#36e192 Split complementary#3685e1

Crimson in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 73, 76, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e13d36 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 73 76 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 71 74 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Crimson in css

Copy #e13d36 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e13d36; }
.text { color: #e13d36; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e13d36; }

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 #e13d36 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e13d36 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Crimson on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e13d36 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn crimson into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e13d36 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 #e13d36 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.