Crimson

#bc3e50

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

Crimson is a mid red that reads balanced. 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 #bc3e50, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc3e50

RGB188, 62, 80

HSL351, 50%, 49%

HSV351, 67%, 74%

CMYK0%, 67%, 57%, 26%

Lab45.24, 51.66, 17.93

XYZ23.91, 14.72, 9.17

Decimal12336720

Web safe#cc3366

Pantone703 C

Shades of crimson

#ac3949 #9b3342 #8b2e3b #7a2834 #6a232d #591d26 #49181f #381218 #280d11 #17080a

Tints of crimson

#c54e5f #cb606f #d17280 #d78490 #dd97a1 #e3a9b1 #e9bbc1 #efcdd2 #f5dfe2 #fbf2f3

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#3ebcaa Analogous#bc3e8f Analogous#bc6b3e Triadic#50bc3e Triadic#3e50bc Split complementary#3ebc6b Split complementary#3e8fbc

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, 67, 57, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc3e50 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 67 57 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 66 56 32

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 #bc3e50 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc3e50; }
.text { color: #bc3e50; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc3e50; }

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 #bc3e50 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc3e50 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 #bc3e50 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 #bc3e50 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 #bc3e50 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.