Indian red

#a6695f

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

Indian red is a mid red that reads grounded. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Indian red color values

Every conversion for #a6695f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a6695f

RGB166, 105, 95

HSL8, 29%, 51%

HSV8, 43%, 65%

CMYK0%, 37%, 43%, 35%

Lab50.73, 23.24, 15.82

XYZ22.84, 19.04, 13.3

Decimal10905951

Web safe#996666

Pantone4995 C

Shades of indian red

#995f55 #8a554d #7b4c45 #6c433c #5e3a34 #4f312c #402824 #311e1b #221513 #140c0b

Tints of indian red

#ae776e #b7857d #bf938c #c7a19a #cfafa9 #d8bdb8 #e0cac7 #e8d8d6 #f0e6e5 #f9f4f4

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#5f9ca6 Analogous#a65f78 Analogous#a68d5f Triadic#5fa669 Triadic#695fa6 Split complementary#5fa68c Split complementary#5f79a6

Indian red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 37, 43, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a6695f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 43 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 44 41

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.

Indian red in css

Copy #a6695f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a6695f; }
.text { color: #a6695f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a6695f; }

How indian red looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Indian red and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a6695f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a6695f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Indian red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a6695f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around indian red? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn indian red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a6695f 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 indian red, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #a6695f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.