Indian red

#ca4e5f

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 balanced. 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 #ca4e5f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca4e5f

RGB202, 78, 95

HSL352, 54%, 55%

HSV352, 61%, 79%

CMYK0%, 61%, 53%, 21%

Lab50.49, 50.58, 16.34

XYZ29.15, 18.83, 12.93

Decimal13258335

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone702 C

Shades of indian red

#c43b4e #b13546 #9e2f3e #8b2a37 #78242f #641e28 #511820 #3e1318 #2b0d11 #180709

Tints of indian red

#cf5e6e #d46f7d #d97f8b #de8f9a #e2a0a9 #e7b0b8 #ecc0c6 #f1d1d5 #f6e1e4 #fbf1f3

Colors that go with indian red

Complementary#4ecab9 Analogous#ca4e9d Analogous#ca7b4e Triadic#5fca4e Triadic#4e5fca Split complementary#4eca7b Split complementary#4e9dca

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, 61, 53, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca4e5f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 61 53 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 60 53 27

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 #ca4e5f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca4e5f; }
.text { color: #ca4e5f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca4e5f; }

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 #ca4e5f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca4e5f 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 #ca4e5f 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 #ca4e5f 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

The figures for #ca4e5f 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.