Red

#cf4932

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

Red lands in the red band, mid and strong. 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.

Red color values

Every conversion for #cf4932, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cf4932

RGB207, 73, 50

HSL9, 62%, 50%

HSV9, 76%, 81%

CMYK0%, 65%, 76%, 19%

Lab49.81, 51.74, 41.7

XYZ28.69, 18.26, 5.03

Decimal13584690

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone179 C

Shades of red

#be422c #ac3b28 #993524 #872f20 #75281b #622217 #501c13 #3d150e #2b0f0a #190906

Tints of red

#d35a45 #d86b58 #dc7c6b #e18d7e #e59e91 #eaaea4 #eebfb7 #f3d0ca #f7e1dd #fcf2f1

Colors that go with red

Complementary#32b8cf Analogous#cf3269 Analogous#cf9732 Triadic#32cf49 Triadic#4932cf Split complementary#32cf97 Split complementary#326acf

Red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 65, 76, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cf4932 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 65 76 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 64 74 25

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 #cf4932 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cf4932; }
.text { color: #cf4932; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cf4932; }

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 #cf4932 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cf4932 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 #cf4932 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 #cf4932 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 #cf4932 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.