Indian red

#b55b53

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 balanced. 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.

Indian red color values

Every conversion for #b55b53, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b55b53

RGB181, 91, 83

HSL5, 40%, 52%

HSV5, 54%, 71%

CMYK0%, 50%, 54%, 29%

Lab49.41, 35.65, 21.47

XYZ24.36, 17.93, 10.36

Decimal11885395

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone695 C

Shades of indian red

#a85048 #984841 #88413a #773933 #67312c #572925 #46221e #361a17 #261210 #150a09

Tints of indian red

#bc6a63 #c37973 #ca8983 #d09893 #d7a7a3 #deb6b3 #e5c5c3 #ecd5d3 #f3e4e3 #faf3f3

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#53adb5 Analogous#b5537c Analogous#b58c53 Triadic#53b55b Triadic#5b53b5 Split complementary#53b58c Split complementary#537cb5

Indian red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 50, 54, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b55b53 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 50 54 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 50 54 35

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 #b55b53 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b55b53; }
.text { color: #b55b53; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b55b53; }

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 #b55b53 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b55b53 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 #b55b53 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 #b55b53 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 #b55b53 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.