Crimson

#ff185b

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

Crimson sits in the pink band, mid and vivid. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #ff185b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ff185b

RGB255, 24, 91

HSL343, 100%, 55%

HSV343, 91%, 100%

CMYK0%, 91%, 64%, 0%

Lab54.73, 80.32, 26.1

XYZ43.45, 22.67, 11.98

Decimal16717915

Web safe#ff0066

Pantone812 C

Shades of crimson

#fe004a #e50043 #cc003b #b40034 #9b002d #820026 #69001e #500017 #370010 #1f0009

Tints of crimson

#ff2d6a #ff4379 #ff5888 #ff6d98 #ff83a7 #ff98b6 #ffadc5 #ffc3d4 #ffd8e3 #ffedf2

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#18ffbc Analogous#ff18ce Analogous#ff4918 Triadic#5bff18 Triadic#185bff Split complementary#18ff49 Split complementary#18ceff

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, 91, 64, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ff185b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 91 64 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 88 63 6

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 #ff185b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ff185b; }
.text { color: #ff185b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff185b; }

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 #ff185b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ff185b 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 #ff185b 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 #ff185b 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

The figures for #ff185b come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.