Red

#ff321f

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

This is Red, a vivid red sitting at 5 degrees on the wheel. 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 #ff321f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ff321f

RGB255, 50, 31

HSL5, 100%, 56%

HSV5, 88%, 100%

CMYK0%, 80%, 88%, 0%

Lab55.73, 73.56, 59.4

XYZ42.63, 23.64, 3.61

Decimal16724511

Web safe#ff3333

Pantone179 C

Shades of red

#ff1b05 #eb1400 #d11200 #b81000 #9e0d00 #850b00 #6b0900 #520700 #380500 #1f0300

Tints of red

#ff4534 #ff5848 #ff6b5d #ff7d71 #ff9086 #ffa39b #ffb6af #ffc9c4 #ffdcd9 #ffefed

Colors that go with red

Complementary#1fecff Analogous#ff1f7c Analogous#ffa21f Triadic#1fff32 Triadic#321fff Split complementary#1fffa2 Split complementary#1f7cff

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, 80, 88, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ff321f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 80 88 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 78 85 6

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 #ff321f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ff321f; }
.text { color: #ff321f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff321f; }

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 #ff321f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ff321f 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 #ff321f 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 #ff321f 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 #ff321f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.