Crimson

#f3003e

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 #f3003e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f3003e

RGB243, 0, 62

HSL345, 100%, 48%

HSV345, 100%, 95%

CMYK0%, 100%, 74%, 5%

Lab51.15, 78.34, 38.39

XYZ37.83, 19.4, 6.31

Decimal15925310

Web safe#ff0033

Pantone192 C

Shades of crimson

#de0039 #c90033 #b3002e #9e0028 #890023 #74001d #5e0018 #490013 #34000d #1f0008

Tints of crimson

#ff0d4b #ff265d #ff3f70 #ff5882 #ff7195 #ff89a7 #ffa2ba #ffbbcd #ffd4df #ffedf2

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#00f3b5 Analogous#f300b8 Analogous#f33b00 Triadic#3ef300 Triadic#003ef3 Split complementary#00f33b Split complementary#00b8f3

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, 100, 74, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f3003e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 74 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 72 11

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 #f3003e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f3003e; }
.text { color: #f3003e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f3003e; }

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 #f3003e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f3003e 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 #f3003e 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 #f3003e 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 #f3003e is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.