What Color is Indian Red?
Indian red is one of 140 colors that browsers recognize. It is a pigment made of iron oxides that is widely used in India. Other shades of iron oxides include Venetian Red, English Red, and Kobe.
These variations of Indian Red are not HTML named colors. For more information on the color red such as more variations, what the color red means and why people love it, check out this article.
Color Codes
| COLOR NAME | Indian Red |
| HEX CODE | #CD5C5C |
| RGB | 205, 92, 92 |
| HSL | 0, 53%, 58% |
How to Use HTML Colors
HTML color names can be used with inline HTML styles or in a separate CSS stylesheet, just as you would use hex color codes.
HTML
<!-- In your HTML document -->
<body>
<h1 style="color:IndianRed">Indian Red Title Text</h1>
<p style="color:SlateGray">Slate gray paragraph text</p>
</body>
CSS
/* In your .css stylesheet */
h1 { color: IndianRed; }
p { color: SlateGray; }
Variations of Indian Red
- Venetian Red is a light and warm color that is a darker shade of scarlet.
- Deep Indian Red was called Indian red from 1903 until 1999, but is now called chestnut, in Crayola crayons.
- English Red Is similar to Indian Red and sometimes confused with it.
- Kobe is the dark version of Indian Red.
Venetian Red #C80815
Deep Indian Red #B94E48
English Red #AB4E52
Kobe #882D17
Chestnut is a color similar to but separate and distinct from Indian red.
Web Safe Version of Indian Red
Web safe colors read the same across all browsers. There are 216 colors that are in the standard web safe palette.
| HEX #CC6666 | RGB 204, 102, 102 | HSL 0, 50%, 60% |
#CC6666
Indian Red Color Palettes
Indian Red Paint Colors
Pinkadelic P160 5 by Behr
All Dressed Up P160-3 by Behr
Sugar Poppy P170-4 by Behr