Dark red

#420d0b

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

Dark red is a dark red that reads anchoring. 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 #420d0b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#420d0b

RGB66, 13, 11

HSL2, 71%, 15%

HSV2, 83%, 26%

CMYK0%, 80%, 83%, 74%

Lab12.42, 25.23, 14.67

XYZ2.45, 1.47, 0.47

Decimal4328715

Web safe#330000

Pantone4975 C

Shades of dark red

#3a0b0a #320a08 #2a0807 #260806 #220706 #1e0605 #1a0504

Tints of dark red

#661411 #891b17 #ad221d #d02923 #df443e #e56661 #eb8985 #f1aba9 #f7cecc #fcf0f0

Colors that go with dark red

Complementary#0b4042 Analogous#420b25 Analogous#42290b Triadic#0b420d Triadic#0d0b42 Split complementary#0b4229 Split complementary#0b2442

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, 80, 83, 74.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #420d0b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 80 83 74

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 78 80 80

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 #420d0b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #420d0b; }
.text { color: #420d0b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #420d0b; }

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 #420d0b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #420d0b 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 #420d0b 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 #420d0b 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 #420d0b come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.