Red

#afa4a2

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

Red is a mid red that reads grounded. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Red color values

Every conversion for #afa4a2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#afa4a2

RGB175, 164, 162

HSL9, 8%, 66%

HSV9, 7%, 69%

CMYK0%, 6%, 7%, 31%

Lab68.22, 3.62, 2.46

XYZ37.48, 38.27, 39.59

Decimal11510946

Web safe#999999

Pantone422 C

Shades of red

#a19492 #938481 #847471 #736663 #635755 #524947 #423a39 #312c2a #211d1c #100f0e

Tints of red

#b6acaa #bdb4b3 #c5bcbb #ccc5c3 #d3cdcc #dad5d4 #e1dddc #e8e5e5 #f0eded #f7f6f5

Colors that go with red

Complementary#a2adaf Analogous#afa2a6 Analogous#afaba2 Triadic#a2afa4 Triadic#a4a2af Split complementary#a2afab Split complementary#a2a6af

Red in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 7, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #afa4a2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 7 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 10 37

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.

Red in css

Copy #afa4a2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #afa4a2; }
.text { color: #afa4a2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #afa4a2; }

How red looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Red and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #afa4a2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #afa4a2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #afa4a2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #afa4a2 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 red, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #afa4a2 is computed, not guessed. 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.