Dark red

#882c17

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. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark red color values

Every conversion for #882c17, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#882c17

RGB136, 44, 23

HSL11, 71%, 31%

HSV11, 83%, 53%

CMYK0%, 68%, 83%, 47%

Lab32.03, 38.18, 33.92

XYZ11.21, 7.1, 1.59

Decimal8924183

Web safe#993300

Pantone484 C

Shades of dark red

#7d2815 #722513 #672111 #5c1e10 #511a0e #46170c #3b130a #301008 #250c06 #1a0804

Tints of dark red

#a4351c #c13e21 #db4928 #e06245 #e47a61 #e9927e #eeaa9a #f3c2b7 #f8dad3 #fcf2f0

Colors that go with dark red

Complementary#177388 Analogous#88173b Analogous#886417 Triadic#17882c Triadic#2c1788 Split complementary#178865 Split complementary#173a88

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, 68, 83, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #882c17 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 68 83 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 67 80 53

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 #882c17 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #882c17; }
.text { color: #882c17; }
.border { border: 2px solid #882c17; }

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 #882c17 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #882c17 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 #882c17 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 #882c17 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 #882c17 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.