Indian red

#cb696f

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 356 degrees on the wheel. 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 #cb696f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb696f

RGB203, 105, 111

HSL356, 49%, 60%

HSV356, 48%, 80%

CMYK0%, 48%, 45%, 20%

Lab56.04, 39.32, 14.54

XYZ32.55, 23.95, 17.95

Decimal13330799

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone702 C

Shades of indian red

#c4545b #bc4149 #a73a41 #923339 #7e2c31 #692429 #551d21 #401619 #2b0f11 #170809

Tints of indian red

#d0777c #d48489 #d99296 #dea0a4 #e3adb1 #e7bbbe #ecc9cb #f1d6d8 #f6e4e5 #faf2f2

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#69cbc5 Analogous#cb69a0 Analogous#cb9469 Triadic#6fcb69 Triadic#696fcb Split complementary#69cb94 Split complementary#69a0cb

Indian red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 48, 45, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb696f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 45 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 45 26

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 #cb696f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb696f; }
.text { color: #cb696f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb696f; }

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 #cb696f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb696f 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 #cb696f 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 #cb696f 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

Every value on this page for #cb696f 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.