Red

#d54b21

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 #d54b21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d54b21

RGB213, 75, 33

HSL14, 73%, 48%

HSV14, 85%, 84%

CMYK0%, 65%, 85%, 16%

Lab51.02, 52.41, 51.55

XYZ30.23, 19.29, 3.57

Decimal13978401

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone173 C

Shades of red

#c2441e #b03e1b #9d3718 #8a3115 #782a13 #652410 #521d0d #40160a #2d1007 #1a0904

Tints of red

#df5930 #e26a45 #e57b5a #e98c70 #ec9d85 #efae9a #f3bfb0 #f6d0c5 #f9e1da #fdf3f0

Colors that go with red

Complementary#21abd5 Analogous#d52151 Analogous#d5a521 Triadic#21d54b Triadic#4b21d5 Split complementary#21d5a5 Split complementary#2151d5

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, 65, 85, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d54b21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 65 85 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 64 82 22

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #d54b21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d54b21; }
.text { color: #d54b21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d54b21; }

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 #d54b21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d54b21 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 #d54b21 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 #d54b21 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 #d54b21 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.