Orange red

#cd552f

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for orange red, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Orange red is a mid red that reads grounded. 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.

Orange red color values

Every conversion for #cd552f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd552f

RGB205, 85, 47

HSL14, 63%, 49%

HSV14, 77%, 80%

CMYK0%, 59%, 77%, 20%

Lab51.48, 45.53, 44.89

XYZ28.94, 19.68, 4.96

Decimal13456687

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone173 C

Shades of orange red

#bb4e2b #a94627 #973f23 #85371e #73301a #612816 #4f2112 #3d190e #2b120a #190a06

Tints of orange red

#d36441 #d87454 #dc8468 #e1947b #e5a48f #eab4a2 #eec3b6 #f3d3c9 #f7e3dd #fcf3f0

Colors that go with orange red

Complementary#2fa7cd Analogous#cd2f58 Analogous#cda42f Triadic#2fcd55 Triadic#552fcd Split complementary#2fcda4 Split complementary#2f58cd

Orange 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, 59, 77, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd552f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 59 77 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 58 75 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.

Orange red in css

Copy #cd552f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd552f; }
.text { color: #cd552f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd552f; }

How orange red looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Orange red and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cd552f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd552f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Orange red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cd552f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around orange 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 orange red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cd552f 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 orange red, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #cd552f 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.