Indian red

#cd6a5a

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

Indian red lands in the red band, mid and soft. 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 #cd6a5a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd6a5a

RGB205, 106, 90

HSL8, 53%, 58%

HSV8, 56%, 80%

CMYK0%, 48%, 56%, 20%

Lab56.11, 37.64, 26.83

XYZ32.18, 24.03, 12.61

Decimal13462106

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone805 C

Shades of indian red

#c75846 #ba4a38 #a64232 #913a2c #7d3226 #692a20 #54221a #401a13 #2c120d #170907

Tints of indian red

#d27869 #d68578 #db9387 #dfa197 #e4aea6 #e9bcb5 #edcac4 #f2d7d3 #f6e5e2 #fbf3f1

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#5abdcd Analogous#cd5a84 Analogous#cda35a Triadic#5acd6a Triadic#6a5acd Split complementary#5acda3 Split complementary#5a84cd

Indian red in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 48, 56, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd6a5a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 56 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 56 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 #cd6a5a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd6a5a; }
.text { color: #cd6a5a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd6a5a; }

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 #cd6a5a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd6a5a 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 #cd6a5a 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 #cd6a5a 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 #cd6a5a are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.