Dark red

#4a150d

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 moody. 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 #4a150d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4a150d

RGB74, 21, 13

HSL8, 70%, 17%

HSV8, 82%, 29%

CMYK0%, 72%, 82%, 71%

Lab15.6, 24.66, 18.25

XYZ3.16, 2.02, 0.6

Decimal4855053

Web safe#330000

Pantone4695 C

Shades of dark red

#40120b #37100a #320e09 #2d0d08 #280b07 #240a06 #1f0905 #1a0705

Tints of dark red

#6c1f13 #8f2919 #b1321f #d43c25 #de5844 #e47766 #ea9588 #f0b4ab #f6d3cd #fcf1f0

Colors that go with dark red

Complementary#0d424a Analogous#4a0d23 Analogous#4a340d Triadic#0d4a15 Triadic#150d4a Split complementary#0d4a33 Split complementary#0d244a

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, 72, 82, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4a150d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 72 82 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 70 79 77

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 #4a150d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4a150d; }
.text { color: #4a150d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4a150d; }

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 #4a150d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4a150d 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 #4a150d 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 #4a150d 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 #4a150d 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.