Red

#d64521

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

This is Red, a strong red sitting at 12 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.

Red color values

Every conversion for #d64521, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d64521

RGB214, 69, 33

HSL12, 73%, 48%

HSV12, 85%, 84%

CMYK0%, 68%, 85%, 16%

Lab50.29, 55.21, 50.99

XYZ30.13, 18.66, 3.45

Decimal14042401

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone173 C

Shades of red

#c33f1e #b1391b #9e3318 #8b2d15 #782713 #662110 #531b0d #40150a #2d0f07 #1b0904

Tints of red

#df5330 #e26546 #e6765b #e98870 #ec9a85 #f0ab9b #f3bdb0 #f6cfc5 #f9e0da #fdf2f0

Colors that go with red

Complementary#21b2d6 Analogous#d62157 Analogous#d69f21 Triadic#21d645 Triadic#4521d6 Split complementary#21d69f Split complementary#2158d6

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, 68, 85, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d64521 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 68 85 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 67 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Red in css

Copy #d64521 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d64521; }
.text { color: #d64521; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d64521; }

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 #d64521 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d64521 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d64521 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d64521 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 #d64521 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. 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.