Red

#de3d09

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

This is Red, a vivid orange at 15 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Red color values

Every conversion for #de3d09, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#de3d09

RGB222, 61, 9

HSL15, 92%, 45%

HSV15, 96%, 87%

CMYK0%, 73%, 96%, 13%

Lab50.55, 60.39, 60.06

XYZ31.84, 18.89, 2.23

Decimal14564617

Web safe#cc3300

Pantone173 C

Shades of red

#cb3808 #b73207 #a42d07 #912806 #7e2305 #6a1d04 #571804 #441303 #310d02 #1d0801

Tints of red

#f5450c #f65825 #f76b3e #f87f57 #f99270 #faa589 #fbb8a3 #fccbbc #fddfd5 #fef2ee

Colors that go with red

Complementary#09aade Analogous#de093f Analogous#dea809 Triadic#09de3d Triadic#3d09de Split complementary#09dea8 Split complementary#093fde

Red in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 73, 96, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #de3d09 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 73 96 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 71 92 19

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 #de3d09 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #de3d09; }
.text { color: #de3d09; }
.border { border: 2px solid #de3d09; }

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 #de3d09 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #de3d09 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 #de3d09 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 #de3d09 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

Every value on this page for #de3d09 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.