Dark red

#8c1910

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. 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 #8c1910, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8c1910

RGB140, 25, 16

HSL4, 79%, 31%

HSV4, 89%, 55%

CMYK0%, 82%, 89%, 45%

Lab30.18, 46.5, 36.19

XYZ11.26, 6.31, 1.11

Decimal9181456

Web safe#990000

Pantone1810 C

Shades of dark red

#81170f #75150d #6a130c #5f110b #540f0a #480d08 #3d0b07 #320906 #270704 #1b0503

Tints of dark red

#aa1e13 #c82417 #e52a1c #e8473a #ec6358 #ef7f76 #f39b94 #f6b8b3 #fad4d1 #fdf0ef

Colors that go with dark red

Complementary#10838c Analogous#8c1045 Analogous#8c5710 Triadic#108c19 Triadic#19108c Split complementary#108c57 Split complementary#10458c

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, 82, 89, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8c1910 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 82 89 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 79 86 51

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

Dark red in css

Copy #8c1910 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8c1910; }
.text { color: #8c1910; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8c1910; }

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 #8c1910 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8c1910 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 #8c1910 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 #8c1910 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 #8c1910 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.