Crimson

#b22e4e

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

Crimson lands in the red band, deep and strong. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #b22e4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b22e4e

RGB178, 46, 78

HSL345, 59%, 44%

HSV345, 74%, 70%

CMYK0%, 74%, 56%, 30%

Lab41.17, 54.48, 13.33

XYZ20.71, 11.97, 8.43

Decimal11677262

Web safe#993366

Pantone214 C

Shades of crimson

#a32a47 #932641 #84223a #751e33 #651a2c #561626 #46121f #370e18 #280a11 #18060b

Tints of crimson

#c73457 #cf4668 #d55c79 #da718a #e0869c #e59cad #ebb1bf #f0c6d0 #f6dce2 #fbf1f3

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#2eb292 Analogous#b22e90 Analogous#b2502e Triadic#4eb22e Triadic#2e4eb2 Split complementary#2eb250 Split complementary#2e90b2

Crimson in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 74, 56, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b22e4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 74 56 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 72 56 36

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Crimson in css

Copy #b22e4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b22e4e; }
.text { color: #b22e4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b22e4e; }

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 #b22e4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b22e4e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Crimson on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b22e4e 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn crimson into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b22e4e 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 #b22e4e are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.