Indian red

#bf5e4b

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 grounded. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Indian red color values

Every conversion for #bf5e4b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf5e4b

RGB191, 94, 75

HSL10, 48%, 52%

HSV10, 61%, 75%

CMYK0%, 51%, 61%, 25%

Lab51.37, 37.31, 28.95

XYZ26.76, 19.59, 9.03

Decimal12541515

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone179 C

Shades of indian red

#b35240 #a14a39 #904233 #7f3a2d #6d3227 #5c2a21 #4b221b #391a14 #28120e #170a08

Tints of indian red

#c56d5c #cb7c6c #d18b7d #d79a8e #dda99e #e3b8af #e9c6c0 #eed5d0 #f4e4e1 #faf3f2

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#4bacbf Analogous#bf4b72 Analogous#bf984b Triadic#4bbf5e Triadic#5e4bbf Split complementary#4bbf98 Split complementary#4b72bf

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, 51, 61, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf5e4b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 51 61 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 51 60 31

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 #bf5e4b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf5e4b; }
.text { color: #bf5e4b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf5e4b; }

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 #bf5e4b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf5e4b 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 #bf5e4b 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 #bf5e4b 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 #bf5e4b 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.