Orange red

#dc5a2c

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

Orange red is a mid orange with balanced warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Orange red color values

Every conversion for #dc5a2c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dc5a2c
RGB220, 90, 44
HSL16, 72%, 52%
HSV16, 80%, 86%
CMYK0%, 59%, 80%, 14%
Lab54.77, 48.58, 50.43
XYZ33.63, 22.71, 4.99
Decimal14441004
Web safe#cc6633
Pantone1665 C
Pantone1665 CHex#dc5a2cRgb220 90 44Cmyk0 59 80 14Lab55 49 50Darker#682811Deep#a53f1bLighter#e08d6f

Shades of orange red

Tints of orange red

Colors that go with orange red

Orange red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 59, 80, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dc5a2c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 59 80 14
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 58 78 20
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.

Orange red in css

Copy #dc5a2c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dc5a2c; }
.text { color: #dc5a2c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dc5a2c; }

How orange red looks on light and dark

Orange red and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dc5a2c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.79:1
AAfail · AA largepass · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
5.54:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAAfail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dc5a2c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Orange red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dc5a2c sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around orange red? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn orange red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dc5a2c and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from orange red, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #dc5a2c 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.