Crimson color
Crimson is a strong, deep red that leans a little to blue. Its name comes from kermes, the insect the dye was made from. Its hex code is #C8102E.
- Hex
- #C8102E
- RGB
- 200, 16, 46
- OKLCH
- 53.0% 0.207 22.3
- Value
- 4 of 10
- Family
- Red
Is crimson warm or cool?
Warm: it sits on the warm side of the color wheel, with the reds, oranges and yellows. It is a dark color, value 4 of 10, and its opposite is hunter green. More in warm and cool colors.
Crimson tints, tones and shades
A tint adds white, a tone adds gray of the same lightness, and a shade adds black. Each row starts with crimson itself.
The opposite of crimson
Opposite crimson on the color wheel sits hunter green, #2C6B27. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.
Colors that go with crimson
Crimson in paintings
The nearest colors to crimson in our painting palettes.
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