Indian red

#c85a5e

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

Indian red lands in the red band, mid and soft. 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 #c85a5e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c85a5e

RGB200, 90, 94

HSL358, 50%, 57%

HSV358, 55%, 78%

CMYK0%, 55%, 53%, 22%

Lab52.29, 44.18, 19.32

XYZ29.5, 20.4, 12.97

Decimal13130334

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone702 C

Shades of indian red

#c2474b #b33c40 #9f3539 #8c2f32 #78282b #652224 #511b1d #3e1516 #2a0e0f #170808

Tints of indian red

#cd696d #d2787c #d7878a #dc9799 #e1a6a8 #e6b5b7 #ebc4c6 #f0d3d4 #f5e2e3 #fbf2f2

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#5ac8c4 Analogous#c85a95 Analogous#c88d5a Triadic#5ec85a Triadic#5a5ec8 Split complementary#5ac88d Split complementary#5a95c8

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, 55, 53, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c85a5e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 55 53 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 55 53 28

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 #c85a5e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c85a5e; }
.text { color: #c85a5e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c85a5e; }

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 #c85a5e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c85a5e 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 #c85a5e 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 #c85a5e 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 #c85a5e are worked out. 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.