Crimson

#e70047

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

Crimson is a mid pink, balanced and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #e70047, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e70047

RGB231, 0, 71

HSL342, 100%, 45%

HSV342, 100%, 91%

CMYK0%, 100%, 69%, 9%

Lab48.81, 75.88, 29.65

XYZ34.09, 17.44, 7.53

Decimal15138887

Web safe#ff0033

Pantone1925 C

Shades of crimson

#d30041 #bf003b #ab0035 #97002e #830028 #6f0022 #5b001c #470016 #330010 #1f0009

Tints of crimson

#ff0250 #ff1c62 #ff3674 #ff5086 #ff6b98 #ff85aa #ff9fbc #ffb9ce #ffd3e1 #ffedf3

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#00e7a0 Analogous#e700bb Analogous#e72c00 Triadic#47e700 Triadic#0047e7 Split complementary#00e72c Split complementary#00bbe7

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, 100, 69, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e70047 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 69 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 67 15

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 #e70047 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e70047; }
.text { color: #e70047; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e70047; }

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 #e70047 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e70047 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 #e70047 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 #e70047 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 #e70047 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.