#cd2a00

Color #cd2a00

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Orange Red #ff4500 · ΔE 17.92 Nearest Tailwind class orange-700 #ca3500 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#cd2a00

RGB

rgb(205, 42, 0)

HSL

hsl(12.3, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(12.3, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 100%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(45.14, 61.09, 57.93)

LCH

lch(45.14, 84.19, 43.48)

OKLCH

oklch(55.1%, 0.2025, 33.11)

HWB

hwb(12.3, 0%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00a3cd

Analogous

#cd003c

#cd2a00

#cd9100

Triadic

#cd2a00

#00cd2a

#2a00cd

Split-complementary

#cd2a00

#00cd91

#003ccd

Tetradic

#cd2a00

#a3cd00

#00a3cd

#2a00cd

Square

#cd2a00

#3ccd00

#00a3cd

#9100cd

Shades

Color #cd2a00 mixed toward black.

#ab2300

#891c00

#671500

#440e00

#220700

Tints

Color #cd2a00 mixed toward white.

#ff3501

#ff5d34

#ff8667

#ffae99

#ffd7cc

Tones

Color #cd2a00 mixed toward gray.

#bc3411

#ab3e22

#9a4833

#895244

#785c55

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.93:1

White text reads better on this background (5.35:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a011 · ΔE 48.2

Deuteranopia

#a8b014 · ΔE 52.8

Tritanopia

#c91a1b · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 29.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cd2a00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd2a00]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Tomato #ff6347

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#cd2a00 (#cd2a00) is rgb(205, 42, 0) in RGB.

No, #cd2a00 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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