CMYK Color

The color Mexican red is often represented by the code CMYK(0 53 51 32) which in a general sense, marks the composition proportions of primary colors. Using this code, we should be able to mix Cyan, Magenta, Blue and Black pgiments to get the same color depicted here. It is important to understand, that in practice, there is more than one way to mix pigments for Mexican red color using 4 color process. That is because CMYK colors don't really have a strict cross reference chart with names attributed to each shade variation. Some CMYK colors are named by various manufacturers and most CMYK color names that we pass around are designated by the general public. That's why we also suggest you to lookup these other two CMYK color candidates for Mexican red color here(1) and here(2) to see which one works better for you.

CMYK Color

Color name:Mexican red
CMYK (%):0% 53% 51% 32%
CMYK (dec):0.0000, 0.5255, 0.5098, 0.3176
rgb:174, 40, 44
hex:#AE282C Details Here
hsv:358.2090, 0.7701, 0.6824
xyz:0.1867, 0.1070, 0.0347
lab:39.0711, 53.2769, 31.5726
lch:39.0711, 61.9294, 30.6516
CMYK Color: Cyan 0 Magenta 53 Yellow 51 Black 32 CMYK name: Mexican red
The image above depicts CMYK color sample that constitutes these base colors: Cyan 0 Magenta 53 Yellow 51 Black 32. Click to enlarge.
CMYK Composition build for Mexican red (preview)
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