Dark red

#2b040c

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

Dark red lands in the red band, dark and vivid. Dark reds this rich suit wine, leather and luxury labels. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Dark red color values

Every conversion for #2b040c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2b040c

RGB43, 4, 12

HSL348, 83%, 9%

HSV348, 91%, 17%

CMYK0%, 91%, 72%, 83%

Lab5.66, 19.93, 3.89

XYZ1.11, 0.63, 0.41

Decimal2819084

Web safe#330000

Pantone4975 C

Shades of dark red

#26040b #220309 #1f0309 #1c0308

Tints of dark red

#540817 #7c0c23 #a50f2e #ce1339 #eb234c #ee4c6d #f2748e #f69daf #fac6d1 #fdeff2

Dark red in print

It runs deep in print, so a rich black build underneath keeps it from looking flat. The cmyk build is 0, 91, 72, 83.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2b040c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 91 72 83

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 88 70 89

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark red in css

Copy #2b040c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2b040c; }
.text { color: #2b040c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2b040c; }

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 #2b040c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2b040c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #2b040c 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #2b040c 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

The figures for #2b040c 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.