Indian red

#aa5c5e

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

This is Indian red, a soft red sitting at 358 degrees on the wheel. 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 #aa5c5e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa5c5e

RGB170, 92, 94

HSL358, 31%, 51%

HSV358, 46%, 67%

CMYK0%, 46%, 45%, 33%

Lab48.27, 31.93, 13.12

XYZ22.43, 17.01, 12.69

Decimal11164766

Web safe#996666

Pantone4995 C

Shades of indian red

#9d5254 #8e4a4c #7f4244 #6f3a3b #603233 #512a2b #422223 #331a1b #231213 #140a0b

Tints of indian red

#b26b6d #ba7a7c #c2898b #ca999a #d1a8a9 #d9b7b8 #e1c6c7 #e9d5d6 #f1e4e4 #f9f3f3

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#5caaa8 Analogous#aa5c85 Analogous#aa815c Triadic#5eaa5c Triadic#5c5eaa Split complementary#5caa81 Split complementary#5c85aa

Indian red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 46, 45, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa5c5e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 46 45 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 46 45 39

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.

Indian red in css

Copy #aa5c5e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa5c5e; }
.text { color: #aa5c5e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa5c5e; }

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 #aa5c5e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa5c5e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Indian red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #aa5c5e 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn indian red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #aa5c5e 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

Every value on this page for #aa5c5e is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.