Dark red

#7d290b

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

Dark red sits in the orange range, deep and vivid. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark red color values

Every conversion for #7d290b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7d290b

RGB125, 41, 11

HSL16, 84%, 27%

HSV16, 91%, 49%

CMYK0%, 67%, 91%, 51%

Lab29.34, 35.07, 36.59

XYZ9.31, 5.97, 0.98

Decimal8202507

Web safe#663300

Pantone1685 C

Shades of dark red

#73260a #6a2309 #601f08 #561c08 #4d1907 #431606 #391305 #2f1004 #260c03 #1c0902

Tints of dark red

#9e340e #be3e11 #df4914 #ec5d2a #ef764b #f28f6c #f5a88c #f8c1ad #fbdace #fef3ef

Colors that go with dark red

Complementary#0b5f7d Analogous#7d0b26 Analogous#7d620b Triadic#0b7d29 Triadic#290b7d Split complementary#0b7d62 Split complementary#0b267d

Dark red in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 67, 91, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7d290b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 67 91 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 66 88 57

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #7d290b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7d290b; }
.text { color: #7d290b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7d290b; }

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 #7d290b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7d290b 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 #7d290b 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 #7d290b 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 #7d290b 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. 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.