Crimson

#ea2245

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 #ea2245, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea2245

RGB234, 34, 69

HSL350, 83%, 53%

HSV350, 85%, 92%

CMYK0%, 85%, 71%, 8%

Lab50.76, 72.57, 33.36

XYZ35.58, 19.07, 7.44

Decimal15344197

Web safe#ff3333

Pantone192 C

Shades of crimson

#df1539 #c91333 #b4112e #9e0f28 #880d23 #730b1d #5d0918 #470712 #32050d #1c0307

Tints of crimson

#ec3656 #ee4b67 #f05f79 #f2748a #f4889b #f69dac #f8b1be #fac6cf #fcdae0 #fdeff1

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#22eac7 Analogous#ea22a9 Analogous#ea6322 Triadic#45ea22 Triadic#2245ea Split complementary#22ea63 Split complementary#22a9ea

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, 85, 71, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea2245 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 85 71 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 82 69 14

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 #ea2245 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea2245; }
.text { color: #ea2245; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea2245; }

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 #ea2245 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea2245 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 #ea2245 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 #ea2245 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 #ea2245 are worked out. 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.