Dark red

#270600

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

This is Dark red, a vivid red sitting at 9 degrees on the wheel. Dark reds this rich suit wine, leather and luxury labels. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark red color values

Every conversion for #270600, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#270600

RGB39, 6, 0

HSL9, 100%, 8%

HSV9, 100%, 15%

CMYK0%, 85%, 100%, 85%

Lab5.07, 15.02, 7.88

XYZ0.9, 0.56, 0.06

Decimal2557440

Web safe#330000

Pantone4975 C

Shades of dark red

#260600 #250600 #240600 #240500 #230500 #220500 #210500 #200500 #1f0500 #1f0500

Tints of dark red

#540d00 #821400 #af1b00 #dc2200 #ff300b #ff5738 #ff7d65 #ffa393 #ffcac0 #fff0ed

Colors that go with dark red

Complementary#002127 Analogous#27000d Analogous#271900 Triadic#002706 Triadic#060027 Split complementary#00271a Split complementary#000d27

Dark red in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 0, 85, 100, 85.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #270600 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 85 100 85

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 82 96 91

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.

Dark red in css

Copy #270600 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #270600; }
.text { color: #270600; }
.border { border: 2px solid #270600; }

How dark red looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark red and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #270600 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #270600 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #270600 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark red? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #270600 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 dark red, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #270600 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.