Indian red

#bc504a

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 #bc504a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc504a

RGB188, 80, 74

HSL3, 46%, 51%

HSV3, 61%, 74%

CMYK0%, 57%, 61%, 26%

Lab48.16, 43.13, 25.37

XYZ24.84, 16.92, 8.44

Decimal12341322

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone711 C

Shades of indian red

#ae4641 #9d3f3a #8d3934 #7c322e #6b2b28 #5a2421 #491d1b #381715 #27100f #160908

Tints of indian red

#c2605b #c8706c #cf817c #d5918d #dba19e #e1b1af #e8c2c0 #eed2d0 #f4e2e1 #faf2f2

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#4ab6bc Analogous#bc4a7d Analogous#bc894a Triadic#4abc50 Triadic#504abc Split complementary#4abc89 Split complementary#4a7dbc

Indian red in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 57, 61, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc504a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 57 61 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 56 60 32

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 #bc504a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc504a; }
.text { color: #bc504a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc504a; }

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 #bc504a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc504a 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 #bc504a 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 #bc504a 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

Every value on this page for #bc504a is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.