#ca2f00

Color #ca2f00

A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Closest named color Orange Red #ff4500 · ΔE 19.2 Nearest Tailwind class orange-700 #ca3500 · ΔE 1.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ca2f00

RGB

rgb(202, 47, 0)

HSL

hsl(14, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(14, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 100%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(45.07, 58.72, 57.56)

LCH

lch(45.07, 82.23, 44.43)

OKLCH

oklch(54.9%, 0.1965, 34.19)

HWB

hwb(14, 0%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#009bca

Analogous

#ca0036

#ca2f00

#ca9400

Triadic

#ca2f00

#00ca2f

#2f00ca

Split-complementary

#ca2f00

#00ca94

#0036ca

Tetradic

#ca2f00

#9bca00

#009bca

#2f00ca

Square

#ca2f00

#36ca00

#009bca

#9400ca

Shades

Color #ca2f00 mixed toward black.

#a82700

#871f00

#651800

#431000

#220800

Tints

Color #ca2f00 mixed toward white.

#fd3b00

#ff6232

#ff8965

#ffb098

#ffd8cc

Tones

Color #ca2f00 mixed toward gray.

#b93811

#a84122

#974a32

#875343

#765c54

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.92:1

White text reads better on this background (5.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9e14 · ΔE 46.9

Deuteranopia

#a6ae17 · ΔE 51.5

Tritanopia

#c61d1f · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 28.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ca2f00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca2f00]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Tomato #ff6347

Sienna #a0522d

Frequently asked questions

#ca2f00 (#ca2f00) is rgb(202, 47, 0) in RGB.

No, #ca2f00 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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