Crimson

#fc0243

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

This is Crimson, a vivid pink at 344 degrees. 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 #fc0243, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fc0243

RGB252, 2, 67

HSL344, 98%, 50%

HSV344, 99%, 99%

CMYK0%, 99%, 73%, 1%

Lab53.11, 80.47, 38.19

XYZ41.18, 21.14, 7.22

Decimal16515651

Web safe#ff0033

Pantone1787 C

Shades of crimson

#e6023d #d00237 #ba0131 #a3012b #8d0126 #770120 #61011a #4b0114 #35000e #1e0008

Tints of crimson

#fd1954 #fd3066 #fe4877 #fe6089 #fe779a #fe8fac #fea6bd #febecf #ffd6e0 #ffedf2

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#02fcbb Analogous#fc02c0 Analogous#fc3e02 Triadic#43fc02 Triadic#0243fc Split complementary#02fc3e Split complementary#02c0fc

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, 99, 73, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fc0243 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 99 73 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 95 71 7

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 #fc0243 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fc0243; }
.text { color: #fc0243; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fc0243; }

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 #fc0243 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fc0243 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 #fc0243 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 #fc0243 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 #fc0243 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.