#ca331e

Color #ca331e

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Firebrick #b22222 · ΔE 11.97 Nearest Tailwind class orange-700 #ca3500 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ca331e

RGB

rgb(202, 51, 30)

HSL

hsl(7.3, 74.1%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7.3, 85.1%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 85.1%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(45.66, 57.86, 47.49)

LCH

lch(45.66, 74.85, 39.38)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.1908, 31.22)

HWB

hwb(7.3, 11.8%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1eb5ca

Analogous

#ca1e5f

#ca331e

#ca891e

Triadic

#ca331e

#1eca33

#331eca

Split-complementary

#ca331e

#1eca89

#1e5fca

Tetradic

#ca331e

#b5ca1e

#1eb5ca

#331eca

Square

#ca331e

#5fca1e

#1eb5ca

#891eca

Shades

Color #ca331e mixed toward black.

#a82a19

#872214

#65190f

#43110a

#220805

Tints

Color #ca331e mixed toward white.

#e14a35

#e76e5e

#ed9386

#f3b7ae

#f9dbd7

Tones

Color #ca331e mixed toward gray.

#bc3e2c

#ad493b

#9f5349

#915e57

#826966

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4:1

White text reads better on this background (5.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a09e24 · ΔE 47.6

Deuteranopia

#a6ae26 · ΔE 52.6

Tritanopia

#c62929 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 28

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ca331e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca331e]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#ca331e (#ca331e) is rgb(202, 51, 30) in RGB.

No, #ca331e 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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