Indian red

#cd6969

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 0 degrees on the wheel. 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.

Indian red color values

Every conversion for #cd6969, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd6969

RGB205, 105, 105

HSL0, 50%, 61%

HSV0, 49%, 80%

CMYK0%, 49%, 49%, 20%

Lab56.19, 39.47, 18.29

XYZ32.78, 24.1, 16.29

Decimal13461865

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone702 C

Shades of indian red

#c65454 #bf4040 #aa3939 #953232 #802b2b #6b2424 #561d1d #411616 #2c0f0f #170808

Tints of indian red

#d27777 #d68484 #db9292 #dfa0a0 #e4adad #e8bbbb #edc9c9 #f1d6d6 #f6e4e4 #fbf2f2

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#69cdcd Analogous#cd699b Analogous#cd9b69 Triadic#69cd69 Triadic#6969cd Split complementary#69cd9b Split complementary#699bcd

Indian red in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 49, 49, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd6969 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 49 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 49 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 #cd6969 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd6969; }
.text { color: #cd6969; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd6969; }

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 #cd6969 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd6969 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 #cd6969 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 #cd6969 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

The figures for #cd6969 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.