Indian red

#ca4e3c

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 #ca4e3c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca4e3c

RGB202, 78, 60

HSL8, 57%, 51%

HSV8, 70%, 79%

CMYK0%, 61%, 70%, 21%

Lab49.9, 48.25, 36.08

XYZ27.9, 18.33, 6.34

Decimal13258300

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone179 C

Shades of indian red

#bc4433 #aa3e2e #973729 #853124 #732a1f #61231a #4f1d15 #3c1610 #2a0f0b #180907

Tints of indian red

#cf5e4e #d46f60 #d97f72 #de9084 #e3a096 #e8b1a9 #ecc1bb #f1d1cd #f6e2df #fbf2f1

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#3cb8ca Analogous#ca3c71 Analogous#ca953c Triadic#3cca4e Triadic#4e3cca Split complementary#3cca95 Split complementary#3c71ca

Indian 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, 61, 70, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca4e3c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 61 70 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 60 68 27

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 #ca4e3c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca4e3c; }
.text { color: #ca4e3c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca4e3c; }

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 #ca4e3c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca4e3c 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 #ca4e3c 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 #ca4e3c 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 #ca4e3c are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.