Dark red

#822d20

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 #822d20, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#822d20

RGB130, 45, 32

HSL8, 60%, 32%

HSV8, 75%, 51%

CMYK0%, 65%, 75%, 49%

Lab31.18, 35.84, 27.56

XYZ10.41, 6.73, 2.12

Decimal8531232

Web safe#993333

Pantone181 C

Shades of dark red

#77291d #6d261b #622218 #581e16 #4d1b13 #431710 #38130e #2e100b #230c09 #190906

Tints of dark red

#9c3627 #b73f2d #ce4b37 #d46352 #db7b6c #e19387 #e8aba1 #eec2bc #f5dad6 #fbf2f1

Colors that go with dark red

Complementary#207582 Analogous#822044 Analogous#825e20 Triadic#20822d Triadic#2d2082 Split complementary#20825e Split complementary#204482

Dark red in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 65, 75, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #822d20 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 65 75 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 64 73 55

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 #822d20 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #822d20; }
.text { color: #822d20; }
.border { border: 2px solid #822d20; }

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 #822d20 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #822d20 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 #822d20 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 #822d20 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 #822d20 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.