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#CA495C

#ca495c ≈ Brick Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca495c is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 28.63% green and 36.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 63.86% magenta, 54.46% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 351.16°, with 54.89% saturation and 53.92% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.62:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brick Red (#cb4154), ΔE 1.98.

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Web safe#cc3366
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Relative luminance0.1809

Complementary

  1. #ca495c
  2. #49cab7

Split complementary

  1. #ca495c
  2. #49ca76
  3. #499dca

Analogous

  1. #ca499d
  2. #ca495c
  3. #ca7649

Triadic

  1. #ca495c
  2. #5cca49
  3. #495cca

Tetradic

  1. #ca495c
  2. #cab749
  3. #49cab7
  4. #495cca

Square

  1. #ca495c
  2. #9dca49
  3. #49cab7
  4. #7649ca

Monochromatic

  1. #5e1c25
  2. #9a2d3d
  3. #ca495c
  4. #db8491
  5. #edbfc6

Shades

#ca495c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca495c
  2. #b64253
  3. #a23a4a
  4. #8d3340
  5. #792c37
  6. #65252e
  7. #511d25
  8. #3d161c
  9. #280f12
  10. #140709
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca495c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca495c
  2. #cf5b6c
  3. #d56d7d
  4. #da808d
  5. #df929d
  6. #e5a4ae
  7. #eab6be
  8. #efc8ce
  9. #f4dbde
  10. #faedef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca495c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca495c
  2. #c34f60
  3. #bb5463
  4. #b45a67
  5. #ac5f6a
  6. #a5656e
  7. #9e6a72
  8. #967075
  9. #8f7579
  10. #877b7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #767676 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f676c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #68655c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #898059 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc3251 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #995b5c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a76e5a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d53c55 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca495c {
  color: #ca495c;
}
Background
.bg-ca495c {
  background-color: #ca495c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca495c {
  border: 2px solid #ca495c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca495c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 73 92;
  --color-primary-hsl: 351 55% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca495c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca495c, #ca7649);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca495c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 73 92 / 0.35);
}

#cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 1.98 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 4.95 #e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 5.33 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 6.01 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 6.35 #e0115f Ruby ΔE 6.59 #e3256b Razzmatazz ΔE 7.27 #35b6a3 Inverted #767676 Grayscale 

Brick Red
#ca495c  rgb(202, 73, 92)  hsl(351, 55%, 54%)  Brick Red
#49cab7  rgb(73, 202, 183)  hsl(171, 55%, 54%)  Medium Turquoise
#5cca49  rgb(92, 202, 73)  hsl(111, 55%, 54%)  Lime Green
#495cca  rgb(73, 92, 202)  hsl(231, 55%, 54%)  Iris