Red

#cd5332

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 #cd5332, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd5332

RGB205, 83, 50

HSL13, 61%, 50%

HSV13, 76%, 80%

CMYK0%, 60%, 76%, 20%

Lab51.15, 46.58, 43.02

XYZ28.85, 19.4, 5.24

Decimal13456178

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone173 C

Shades of red

#bb4c2e #a94429 #973d25 #853620 #732e1c #612718 #4f2013 #3d190f #2b110a #190a06

Tints of red

#d26345 #d67358 #db836b #e0937e #e4a391 #e9b3a4 #eec3b7 #f2d3cb #f7e3de #fbf3f1

Colors that go with red

Complementary#32accd Analogous#cd325f Analogous#cda032 Triadic#32cd53 Triadic#5332cd Split complementary#32cda0 Split complementary#325fcd

Red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 60, 76, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd5332 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 60 76 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 59 74 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.

Red in css

Copy #cd5332 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd5332; }
.text { color: #cd5332; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd5332; }

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 #cd5332 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd5332 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cd5332 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cd5332 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

The figures for #cd5332 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.