Dark red

#7e321e

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, deep and strong. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark red color values

Every conversion for #7e321e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7e321e

RGB126, 50, 30

HSL13, 62%, 31%

HSV13, 76%, 49%

CMYK0%, 60%, 76%, 51%

Lab31.37, 31.69, 28.76

XYZ9.98, 6.81, 2.02

Decimal8270366

Web safe#663333

Pantone181 C

Shades of dark red

#742e1c #6a2a19 #602617 #552214 #4b1e12 #411a10 #37160d #2d120b #230e08 #190a06

Tints of dark red

#993d24 #b4482b #ce5333 #d56a4e #db8169 #e29884 #e8ae9f #efc5ba #f5dcd5 #fcf3f1

Colors that go with dark red

Complementary#1e6a7e Analogous#7e1e3a Analogous#7e621e Triadic#1e7e32 Triadic#321e7e Split complementary#1e7e62 Split complementary#1e3a7e

Dark red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 60, 76, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7e321e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 60 76 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 59 74 57

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark red in css

Copy #7e321e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7e321e; }
.text { color: #7e321e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7e321e; }

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 #7e321e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7e321e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #7e321e 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #7e321e 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

Every value on this page for #7e321e is computed, not guessed. 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.