Crimson

#ec2340

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 balanced. 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 #ec2340, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec2340

RGB236, 35, 64

HSL351, 84%, 53%

HSV351, 85%, 93%

CMYK0%, 85%, 73%, 7%

Lab51.16, 72.69, 36.86

XYZ36.12, 19.41, 6.69

Decimal15475520

Web safe#ff3333

Pantone192 C

Shades of crimson

#e31432 #cd122d #b71028 #a10e23 #8b0c1e #750a19 #5f0815 #480610 #32040b #1c0206

Tints of crimson

#ee3752 #f04c63 #f16075 #f37487 #f58998 #f79daa #f8b1bc #fac6cd #fcdadf #feeff1

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#23eccf Analogous#ec23a5 Analogous#ec6b23 Triadic#40ec23 Triadic#2340ec Split complementary#23ec6b Split complementary#23a5ec

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, 85, 73, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec2340 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 85 73 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 82 71 13

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 #ec2340 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec2340; }
.text { color: #ec2340; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec2340; }

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 #ec2340 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec2340 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 #ec2340 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 #ec2340 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 #ec2340 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.