Indian red

#b35b4b

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 9 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 #b35b4b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b35b4b

RGB179, 91, 75

HSL9, 41%, 50%

HSV9, 58%, 70%

CMYK0%, 49%, 58%, 30%

Lab48.98, 34.21, 25.54

XYZ23.6, 17.57, 8.8

Decimal11754315

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone180 C

Shades of indian red

#a35344 #944b3e #844337 #743b31 #64332a #552b23 #45231d #351b16 #251310 #160b09

Tints of indian red

#ba6a5b #c1796c #c9897d #d0988e #d7a79f #deb6af #e5c6c0 #ecd5d1 #f3e4e2 #faf4f2

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#4ba3b3 Analogous#b34b6f Analogous#b38f4b Triadic#4bb35b Triadic#5b4bb3 Split complementary#4bb38f Split complementary#4b6fb3

Indian red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 49, 58, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b35b4b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 58 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 57 36

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 #b35b4b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b35b4b; }
.text { color: #b35b4b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b35b4b; }

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 #b35b4b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b35b4b 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 #b35b4b 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 #b35b4b 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 #b35b4b are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.