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Cardinal Red Clothing

210 cardinal red styles from 41 brands, including Next Level, Badger and Gildan, from $3.98. Cardinal red is the darker, slightly blue-leaning red between bright red and maroon. Suppliers sell it as Cardinal, Crimson, Garnet and Cranberry. We measured the actual fabric color of every colorway from supplier swatches and photos, so each product below is shown in a colorway that really is cardinal red.

Cardinal Red by garment:

Crewneck Sweatshirts (14)Hoodies (25)Long Sleeve Shirts (21)Polo Shirts (13)Shorts (17)T-Shirts (83)

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What counts as cardinal red

Cardinal Red
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Cardinal red is the darker, slightly blue-leaning red between bright red and maroon. Suppliers sell it as Cardinal, Crimson, Garnet and Cranberry. The swatch shows our reference color, #7E2531: the median fabric color of every in-stock garment sold under a cardinal red name. A colorway is listed on this page only if its measured fabric color is close enough to read as the same color side by side.

Suppliers sell the clothing on this page as Cardinal, Garnet, Crimson, Cardinal Red, Cardinal Blackout, Dark Crimson and Cardinalrd.

Who wears cardinal red

Cardinal and garnet reds are classic college colors: Florida State's garnet, Virginia Tech's Chicago maroon, Arizona State's maroon, Minnesota's maroon, Oklahoma's crimson and South Carolina's garnet all sit close to this range. It's also popular for fall and holiday merch.

Darker reds read as rich, traditional and confident: still bold, but less loud than bright red.

Cardinal Red in school colors

These schools use a cardinal red in their official palettes. Each link has the official HEX, RGB, CMYK and Pantone values: Florida State University school colors, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University school colors, Arizona State University school colors, University of Minnesota Twin Cities school colors, University of Oklahoma school colors, University of South Carolina school colors and Stanford University school colors.

Printing and embroidery on cardinal red

Gold, white and cream all look classic on cardinal red. Black works for a bolder look; navy disappears.

What's available

210 styles from 41 brands, priced $3.98 to $120.30 (median $14.62). The most styles come from Next Level (20), Badger (16), Gildan (15), Port & Company (12), Comfort Colors (12), BELLA + CANVAS (11). 5 of them are heathers, which read slightly lighter and softer than the solid color. Need a quantity for a team, school or company? We take purchase orders and can decorate or custom-make garments.

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