Crimson

#ca3d5d

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 confident. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #ca3d5d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca3d5d

RGB202, 61, 93

HSL346, 57%, 52%

HSV346, 70%, 79%

CMYK0%, 70%, 54%, 21%

Lab47.86, 57.44, 13.95

XYZ28.0, 16.68, 12.1

Decimal13253981

Web safe#cc3366

Pantone214 C

Shades of crimson

#bc3353 #aa2e4b #982943 #86243b #731f33 #611b2b #4f1623 #3d111b #2a0c13 #18070b

Tints of crimson

#cf4f6c #d4617b #d9738a #de8599 #e397a8 #e8a9b7 #ecbbc6 #f1cdd5 #f6dfe4 #fbf1f3

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#3dcaaa Analogous#ca3da4 Analogous#ca633d Triadic#5dca3d Triadic#3d5dca Split complementary#3dca63 Split complementary#3da4ca

Crimson in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 70, 54, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca3d5d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 70 54 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 68 54 27

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 #ca3d5d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca3d5d; }
.text { color: #ca3d5d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca3d5d; }

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 #ca3d5d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca3d5d 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 #ca3d5d 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 #ca3d5d 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 #ca3d5d 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.