Information about #CA2C01 color

#CA2C01 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CA2C01 falls into the Red Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(202, 44, 1) — 79.2% red, 17.3% green, 0.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 62 / 79 / 21. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #CA2C01 reads as a pure, full-strength earthy red and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Lemon Iced Tea (#BD3000). Slightly further away sit Mahogany (#C04000) and Terlingua Orange (#C13C0F).

In RGB terms — rgb(202, 44, 1) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #CA2C01: 5.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.9:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#CA2C01 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#CA2C01 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CA2C01

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Mahogany color link
Mahogany

#C04000

Sinopia color link
Sinopia

#CB410B

Grenadier color link
Grenadier

#D54600

Sulurouge color link
Sulurouge

#CC1410

flavukafto color link
flavukafto

#E43900

Rust color link
Rust

#B7410E

Bolivia Red color link
Bolivia Red

#DA291C

Tomato Sauce color link
Tomato Sauce

#B21807

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CA2C01
  • RGB202, 44, 1
  • CMYK0, 62, 79, 21
  • CSSrgb(202, 44, 1)
  • HSL13°, 99%, 40%
  • HSL Precise12.836°, 99.015%, 39.804%
  • HSV13°, 100%, 79%
  • HSB13°, 100%, 79%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.792
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.173
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.004
  • GLSLvec3(0.792, 0.173, 0.004)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.792, 0.173, 0.004, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.792, 0.173, 0.004)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB79.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB17.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB0.4%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDCA2C01
  • DECIMAL ID13249537
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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