#ca3000

Color #ca3000

A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Closest named color Orange Red #ff4500 · ΔE 19.24 Nearest Tailwind class orange-700 #ca3500 · ΔE 1

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Conversions

HEX

#ca3000

RGB

rgb(202, 48, 0)

HSL

hsl(14.3, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(14.3, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 100%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(45.19, 58.4, 57.61)

LCH

lch(45.19, 82.03, 44.61)

OKLCH

oklch(55%, 0.1957, 34.4)

HWB

hwb(14.3, 0%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#009aca

Analogous

#ca0035

#ca3000

#ca9500

Triadic

#ca3000

#00ca30

#3000ca

Split-complementary

#ca3000

#00ca95

#0035ca

Tetradic

#ca3000

#9aca00

#009aca

#3000ca

Square

#ca3000

#35ca00

#009aca

#9500ca

Shades

Color #ca3000 mixed toward black.

#a82800

#872000

#651800

#431000

#220800

Tints

Color #ca3000 mixed toward white.

#fd3c00

#ff6332

#ff8a65

#ffb198

#ffd8cc

Tones

Color #ca3000 mixed toward gray.

#b93911

#a84222

#974b32

#875343

#765c54

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.93:1

White text reads better on this background (5.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9e14 · ΔE 46.7

Deuteranopia

#a6ae18 · ΔE 51.3

Tritanopia

#c61e1f · 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: #ca3000;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca3000]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Sienna #a0522d

Tomato #ff6347

Frequently asked questions

#ca3000 (#ca3000) is rgb(202, 48, 0) in RGB.

No, #ca3000 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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