#ca5151

Color #ca5151

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Indian Red #cd5c5c · ΔE 5.14 Nearest Tailwind class rose-600 #ec003f · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ca5151

RGB

rgb(202, 81, 81)

HSL

hsl(0, 53.3%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 59.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 59.9%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(50.73, 48.14, 25)

LCH

lch(50.73, 54.24, 27.44)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.1547, 23.02)

HWB

hwb(0, 31.8%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#51caca

Analogous

#ca518e

#ca5151

#ca8e51

Triadic

#ca5151

#51ca51

#5151ca

Split-complementary

#ca5151

#51ca8e

#518eca

Tetradic

#ca5151

#caca51

#51caca

#5151ca

Square

#ca5151

#8eca51

#51caca

#8e51ca

Shades

Color #ca5151 mixed toward black.

#b53737

#912c2c

#6c2121

#481616

#240b0b

Tints

Color #ca5151 mixed toward white.

#d36e6e

#dc8b8b

#e5a8a8

#edc5c5

#f6e2e2

Tones

Color #ca5151 mixed toward gray.

#c05b5b

#b66565

#ac6f6f

#a27979

#988383

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a351 · ΔE 44.6

Deuteranopia

#aab151 · ΔE 49.4

Tritanopia

#c65151 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 25.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ca5151;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca5151]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#ca5151 (#ca5151) is rgb(202, 81, 81) in RGB.

No, #ca5151 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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