Dark red

#82321c

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

Dark red is a deep red that reads serious. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Dark red color values

Every conversion for #82321c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#82321c

RGB130, 50, 28

HSL13, 65%, 31%

HSV13, 78%, 51%

CMYK0%, 62%, 78%, 49%

Lab32.06, 33.19, 30.85

XYZ10.56, 7.11, 1.91

Decimal8532508

Web safe#993333

Pantone1685 C

Shades of dark red

#782e1a #6d2a17 #632615 #582213 #4e1e11 #431a0e #39160c #2e120a #240e08 #190a05

Tints of dark red

#9d3d22 #b94728 #d25330 #d86a4b #de8167 #e49782 #eaae9e #f0c5b9 #f6dcd5 #fcf3f0

Colors that go with dark red

Complementary#1c6c82 Analogous#821c39 Analogous#82651c Triadic#1c8232 Triadic#321c82 Split complementary#1c8265 Split complementary#1c3982

Dark red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 62, 78, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #82321c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 62 78 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 61 76 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 #82321c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #82321c; }
.text { color: #82321c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82321c; }

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 #82321c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #82321c 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 #82321c 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 #82321c 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 #82321c 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.