Indian red

#ea4656

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

Indian red is a mid red that reads confident. 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 #ea4656, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea4656

RGB234, 70, 86

HSL354, 80%, 60%

HSV354, 70%, 92%

CMYK0%, 70%, 63%, 8%

Lab54.6, 63.39, 28.12

XYZ37.8, 22.54, 11.16

Decimal15353430

Web safe#ff3366

Pantone1787 C

Shades of indian red

#e72d40 #e0192d #c71728 #af1423 #96111e #7e0e19 #650b14 #4d090f #34060a #1b0305

Tints of indian red

#ec5765 #ee6875 #f07984 #f28a94 #f49aa3 #f6abb3 #f7bcc2 #f9cdd1 #fbdee1 #fdeff0

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#46eada Analogous#ea46a8 Analogous#ea8846 Triadic#56ea46 Triadic#4656ea Split complementary#46ea88 Split complementary#46a8ea

Indian red in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 70, 63, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea4656 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 70 63 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 68 62 14

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.

Indian red in css

Copy #ea4656 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea4656; }
.text { color: #ea4656; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea4656; }

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 #ea4656 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea4656 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Indian red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ea4656 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn indian red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ea4656 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 #ea4656 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.