Indian red

#ab5866

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

Indian red lands in the red band, mid and soft. 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 #ab5866, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab5866

RGB171, 88, 102

HSL350, 33%, 51%

HSV350, 49%, 67%

CMYK0%, 49%, 40%, 33%

Lab47.75, 35.36, 7.59

XYZ22.68, 16.6, 14.58

Decimal11229286

Web safe#996666

Pantone695 C

Shades of indian red

#9d4f5c #8e4753 #7f404a #703841 #603039 #512930 #422127 #331a1e #241215 #140a0c

Tints of indian red

#b36874 #bb7782 #c28791 #ca969f #d2a6ad #dab5bb #e2c5c9 #e9d4d8 #f1e4e6 #f9f3f4

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#58ab9d Analogous#ab5890 Analogous#ab7458 Triadic#66ab58 Triadic#5866ab Split complementary#58ab74 Split complementary#5890ab

Indian red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 49, 40, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab5866 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 40 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 41 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 #ab5866 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab5866; }
.text { color: #ab5866; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab5866; }

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 #ab5866 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab5866 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 #ab5866 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 #ab5866 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

Here is how the numbers for #ab5866 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.