Red

#fc2e09

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

Red is a mid red that reads grounded. 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.

Red color values

Every conversion for #fc2e09, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fc2e09

RGB252, 46, 9

HSL9, 98%, 51%

HSV9, 96%, 99%

CMYK0%, 82%, 96%, 1%

Lab54.73, 73.45, 65.38

XYZ41.17, 22.67, 2.46

Decimal16526857

Web safe#ff3300

Pantone172 C

Shades of red

#eb2603 #d42303 #be1f02 #a71b02 #901702 #791401 #631001 #4c0c01 #350901 #1e0500

Tints of red

#fc4120 #fd5537 #fd684e #fd7c64 #fd8f7b #fea292 #feb6a9 #fec9c0 #ffddd7 #fff0ed

Colors that go with red

Complementary#09d7fc Analogous#fc095d Analogous#fca709 Triadic#09fc2e Triadic#2e09fc Split complementary#09fca8 Split complementary#095dfc

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, 82, 96, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fc2e09 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 82 96 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 79 92 7

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 #fc2e09 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fc2e09; }
.text { color: #fc2e09; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fc2e09; }

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 #fc2e09 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fc2e09 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 #fc2e09 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 #fc2e09 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 #fc2e09 is computed, not guessed. 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.