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#CA5259

#ca5259 ≈ Indian Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ca5259 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 32.16% green and 34.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 59.41% magenta, 55.94% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 356.5°, with 53.1% saturation and 55.69% 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 4.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Indian Red (#cd5c5c), ΔE 2.93.

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Relative luminance0.1931

Complementary

  1. #ca5259
  2. #52cac3

Split complementary

  1. #ca5259
  2. #52ca87
  3. #5295ca

Analogous

  1. #ca5295
  2. #ca5259
  3. #ca8752

Triadic

  1. #ca5259
  2. #59ca52
  3. #5259ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca5259
  2. #cac352
  3. #52cac3
  4. #5259ca

Square

  1. #ca5259
  2. #95ca52
  3. #52cac3
  4. #8752ca

Monochromatic

  1. #641f23
  2. #9f3137
  3. #ca5259
  4. #dc8d91
  5. #eec7c9

Shades

#ca5259 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca5259
  2. #b64a50
  3. #a24247
  4. #8d393e
  5. #793135
  6. #65292d
  7. #512124
  8. #3d191b
  9. #281012
  10. #140809
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca5259 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca5259
  2. #cf636a
  3. #d5757a
  4. #da868b
  5. #df979b
  6. #e5a9ac
  7. #eababd
  8. #efcbcd
  9. #f4dcde
  10. #faeeee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca5259 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca5259
  2. #c3575d
  3. #bb5b61
  4. #b46065
  5. #ac6469
  6. #a5696d
  7. #9e6e70
  8. #967274
  9. #8f7778
  10. #877b7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a06c6e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f6a59 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d8356 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc3d55 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9c6159 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a97357 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d54657 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca5259 {
  color: #ca5259;
}
Background
.bg-ca5259 {
  background-color: #ca5259;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca5259 {
  border: 2px solid #ca5259;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca5259;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 82 89;
  --color-primary-hsl: 357 53% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca5259 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca5259, #ca8752);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca5259 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 82 89 / 0.35);
}

#cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 2.93 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 3.69 #e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 5.92 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 7.68 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 7.81 #a45a52 Redwood ΔE 8.47 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 8.51 #35ada6 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Indian Red
#ca5259  rgb(202, 82, 89)  hsl(357, 53%, 56%)  Indian Red
#52cac3  rgb(82, 202, 195)  hsl(177, 53%, 56%)  Medium Turquoise
#59ca52  rgb(89, 202, 82)  hsl(117, 53%, 56%)  Lime Green
#5259ca  rgb(82, 89, 202)  hsl(237, 53%, 56%)  Iris