Indian red

#de453a

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 strong. 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 #de453a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#de453a

RGB222, 69, 58

HSL4, 71%, 55%

HSV4, 74%, 87%

CMYK0%, 69%, 74%, 13%

Lab51.94, 58.63, 40.44

XYZ33.02, 20.09, 6.14

Decimal14566714

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone1788 C

Shades of indian red

#da3125 #c52c21 #b0271d #9a221a #851e16 #701913 #5a140f #450f0c #300b08 #1a0604

Tints of indian red

#e1564c #e4675e #e77871 #ea8a83 #ed9b95 #f0aca7 #f3bdb9 #f6cecb #f9dfde #fcf1f0

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#3ad3de Analogous#de3a81 Analogous#de973a Triadic#3ade45 Triadic#453ade Split complementary#3ade97 Split complementary#3a81de

Indian red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 69, 74, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #de453a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 69 74 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 67 72 19

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

Indian red in css

Copy #de453a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #de453a; }
.text { color: #de453a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #de453a; }

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 #de453a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #de453a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Indian red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #de453a 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn indian red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #de453a 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 #de453a are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.