In this study,twenty disazo reactive red dyes with J acid as coupling components were selected,and their ground state geometry were studied with BLYP functional and TZVP basis set. The UV-vis absorption spectra were calculated by time-dependent density functional theory（TDDFT） employing B3 LYP and PBE0 hybrid functionals and TZVP basis set,and the absolute mean errors are 0.094 e V and 0.133 e V for B3 LYP and PBE0,respectively. From the comparison of the calculated λ_（max） of the three conformations of disazo reactive red dye,cis-,trans-,and azo,with that of experimental one,we find out that conformation plays an important role on UV-Vis absorption. Dyes 6 and 8 exist in azo conformation rather than in cis-conformation. ＂Hole-electron＂ distribution analysis reveals that although these λ_（max） arises from different electron transitions,these electron excitations have the same character of local excitation（LE）.
