#ca2800

Color #ca2800

A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Closest named color Orange Red #ff4500 · ΔE 19.01 Nearest Tailwind class orange-700 #ca3500 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ca2800

RGB

rgb(202, 40, 0)

HSL

hsl(11.9, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(11.9, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 80.2%, 100%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(44.35, 60.76, 57.25)

LCH

lch(44.35, 83.48, 43.3)

OKLCH

oklch(54.4%, 0.201, 32.9)

HWB

hwb(11.9, 0%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00a2ca

Analogous

#ca003d

#ca2800

#ca8d00

Triadic

#ca2800

#00ca28

#2800ca

Split-complementary

#ca2800

#00ca8d

#003dca

Tetradic

#ca2800

#a2ca00

#00a2ca

#2800ca

Square

#ca2800

#3dca00

#00a2ca

#8d00ca

Shades

Color #ca2800 mixed toward black.

#a82100

#871b00

#651400

#430d00

#220700

Tints

Color #ca2800 mixed toward white.

#fd3200

#ff5a32

#ff8465

#ffad98

#ffd6cc

Tones

Color #ca2800 mixed toward gray.

#b93211

#a83c22

#974732

#875143

#765b54

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.81:1

White text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9d10 · ΔE 48

Deuteranopia

#a5ad13 · ΔE 52.6

Tritanopia

#c6181a · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 29

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ca2800;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca2800]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#ca2800 (#ca2800) is rgb(202, 40, 0) in RGB.

No, #ca2800 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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