Dark red

#951919

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 weighty. 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 #951919, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#951919

RGB149, 25, 25

HSL0, 71%, 34%

HSV0, 83%, 58%

CMYK0%, 83%, 83%, 42%

Lab32.16, 49.5, 33.84

XYZ12.92, 7.16, 1.62

Decimal9771289

Web safe#990000

Pantone704 C

Shades of dark red

#891717 #7c1515 #701313 #641111 #580f0f #4b0d0d #3f0b0b #330909 #260606 #1a0404

Tints of dark red

#b01e1e #cb2222 #dc3131 #e14c4c #e66767 #ea8383 #ef9e9e #f3b9b9 #f8d4d4 #fcf0f0

Colors that go with dark red

Complementary#199595 Analogous#951957 Analogous#955719 Triadic#199519 Triadic#191995 Split complementary#199557 Split complementary#195795

Dark red in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 83, 83, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #951919 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 83 83 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 80 80 48

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 #951919 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #951919; }
.text { color: #951919; }
.border { border: 2px solid #951919; }

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 #951919 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #951919 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 #951919 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 #951919 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 #951919 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.