Crimson

#fd1d52

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 #fd1d52, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fd1d52

RGB253, 29, 82

HSL346, 98%, 55%

HSV346, 89%, 99%

CMYK0%, 89%, 68%, 1%

Lab54.42, 78.73, 30.99

XYZ42.47, 22.37, 10.06

Decimal16588114

Web safe#ff3366

Pantone1787 C

Shades of crimson

#fd043f #e60238 #cd0232 #b4022c #9b0126 #820120 #69011a #500114 #37000d #1e0007

Tints of crimson

#fd3262 #fd4772 #fe5b82 #fe7092 #fe85a2 #fe9ab2 #feafc2 #fec4d2 #ffd8e2 #ffedf1

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#1dfdc8 Analogous#fd1dc2 Analogous#fd581d Triadic#52fd1d Triadic#1d52fd Split complementary#1dfd58 Split complementary#1dc2fd

Crimson in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 89, 68, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fd1d52 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 89 68 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 86 67 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 #fd1d52 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fd1d52; }
.text { color: #fd1d52; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fd1d52; }

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 #fd1d52 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fd1d52 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 #fd1d52 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 #fd1d52 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 #fd1d52 are worked out. 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.