Crimson

#e71f2f

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

Crimson lands in the red band, mid and vivid. 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 #e71f2f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e71f2f

RGB231, 31, 47

HSL355, 81%, 51%

HSV355, 87%, 91%

CMYK0%, 87%, 80%, 9%

Lab49.71, 71.57, 44.62

XYZ33.96, 18.17, 4.41

Decimal15146799

Web safe#ff3333

Pantone185 C

Shades of crimson

#d81727 #c31523 #ae131f #99101b #840e18 #6f0c14 #5a0a10 #45070c #310509 #1c0305

Tints of crimson

#e93442 #eb4956 #ee5d69 #f0727c #f28790 #f49ca3 #f7b1b6 #f9c5c9 #fbdadd #fdeff0

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#1fe7d7 Analogous#e71f93 Analogous#e7731f Triadic#2fe71f Triadic#1f2fe7 Split complementary#1fe773 Split complementary#1f93e7

Crimson in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 87, 80, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e71f2f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 87 80 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 84 78 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 #e71f2f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e71f2f; }
.text { color: #e71f2f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e71f2f; }

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 #e71f2f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e71f2f 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 #e71f2f 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 #e71f2f 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 #e71f2f 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.