Dark red

#5e081d

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 345 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 #5e081d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e081d

RGB94, 8, 29

HSL345, 84%, 20%

HSV345, 91%, 37%

CMYK0%, 91%, 69%, 63%

Lab18.55, 37.48, 12.57

XYZ4.92, 2.64, 1.41

Decimal6162461

Web safe#660033

Pantone505 C

Shades of dark red

#510719 #4a0617 #3d0513 #370511 #30040f #29040d #23030b #1c0209

Tints of dark red

#820b28 #a60e33 #ca113e #eb174b #ee3b67 #f15f83 #f4839e #f7a7ba #fbcbd6 #feeff2

Colors that go with dark red

Complementary#085e49 Analogous#5e0848 Analogous#5e1e08 Triadic#1d5e08 Triadic#081d5e Split complementary#085e1e Split complementary#08485e

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, 69, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e081d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 91 69 63

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 88 67 69

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 #5e081d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e081d; }
.text { color: #5e081d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e081d; }

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 #5e081d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e081d 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 #5e081d 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 #5e081d 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 #5e081d are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.