#ca550f Color Information

#ca550f Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #ca550f. In RGB, it consists of 79.2% Red, 33.3% Green, and 5.9% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 57.9% Magenta, 92.6% Yellow, and 20.8% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 22.5°, with saturation of 86.2% and lightness of 42.5%. The decimal value for #ca550f is 13260047, and its nearest "web safe" color is #cc6600. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #ca550f is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is yellow. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is red.
  • HexHex code for this color#ca550f Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color202, 85, 15 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color79.2%, 33.3%, 5.9% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.208, 0.667, 0.941 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.579, 0.926, 0.208 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color22.5°, 86.2%, 42.5% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color22.5°, 92.6%, 79.2% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color27.692, 19.088, 2.677 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color202, 127, 15 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code13260047 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color50.790, 43.580, 57.001 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)50.790, 71.751, 52.601 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color50.790, 96.474, 42.990 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color43.690, 36.681, 26.950 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.560, 0.386, 19.088 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4291450127 / 0xffca550f Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#cc6600 Copy
Last Updated: March 27, 2024

Shades of #ca550f

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #ca550f, its pure hue is 22.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 86.2%, and its lightness is 42.5%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #ca550f, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #190b02 to #b14a0d.

Tints of #ca550f

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #ca550f, its pure hue is 22.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 86.2%, and its lightness is 42.5%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #ca550f, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #d16a2d to #f8eae1.

Tones of #ca550f

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #ca550f, its pure hue is 22.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 86.2%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #ca550f, which range from #6d6d6d (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #d95100 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #ca550f

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #ca550f! For #ca550f, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #ca550f. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #ca550f

This color, #ca550f, consists of 79.2% Red, 33.3% Green, and 5.9% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 202, Green = 85, Blue = 15. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #ca550f is 0% Cyan, 57.9% Magenta, 92.6% Yellow, and 20.8% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R79.2%
C0.0%
G33.3%
M57.9%
B5.9%
Y92.6%
K20.8%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 202 85 15
Octal 312 125 17
Hexa #ca #55 #0f
Binary 11001010 01010101 00001111
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 57 92 20
Octal 0 71 134 24
Hexa #00 #39 #5c #14
Binary 00000000 00111001 01011100 00010100

Analogous Colors of #ca550f

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #ca550f — which has hue 22.5° — its analogous colors are located at 22.5° and 352.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ca550f.

Triadic Colors of #ca550f

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #ca550f — which has hue 22.5° — its triadic colors are located at 22.5° and 262.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ca550f.

Complementary Color of #ca550f

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #ca550f — which has hue 22.5° — its complementary color is located at 202.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ca550f.

Split Complementary Colors of #ca550f

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #ca550f — which has hue 22.5° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 22.5° and 232.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ca550f.

Tetradic Colors of #ca550f

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #ca550f — which has hue 22.5° — its tetradic colors are located at 292.5°, 22.5°, 112.5°, and 202.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ca550f.

Monochromatic Colors of #ca550f

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #ca550f, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #612b0b — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #f98d4d (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #ca550f

We want to make getting started with #ca550f on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #ca550f into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #ca550f can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #ca550f with other HTML elements.

#ca550f Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #ca550f.
<span style="color: #ca550f;">The color of this text is #ca550f.</span>

#ca550f Background Color

The background color for this text is #ca550f.
<div style="background-color: #ca550f; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #ca550f.</div>

#ca550f Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #ca550f.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #ca550f;">This color for the shadow of this text is #ca550f.</span>

#ca550f Border Color

This is a div with border color #ca550f.
<div style="border: #ca550f 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #ca550f.</div>

#ca550f Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #ca550f on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #ca550f; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #ca550f on a white background.</div></div>

#ca550f Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #ca550f on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #ca550f; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #ca550f on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #ca550f to White

This is a gradient from #ca550f to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#ca550f,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#ca550f,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#ca550f,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#ca550f,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #ca550f to white.</div>

Gradient from #ca550f to Black

This is a gradient from #ca550f to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#ca550f,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#ca550f,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#ca550f,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#ca550f,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #ca550f to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #ca550f

In addition to using #ca550f on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #ca550f in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #ca550f, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 202, Green = 85, Blue = 15). If you need details about the color coordinates of #ca550f in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #ca550f
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(202, 85, 15)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #ca550f; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #ca550f; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #ca550f; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(202, 85, 15);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#ca550f")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:202, green:85, blue:15, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:202 green:85 blue:15 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(202f, 85f, 15f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(202, 85, 15);
 

#ca550f Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #ca550f the same way. For those with color blindness, #ca550f might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #ca550f looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #ca550f is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #ca550f looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #ca550f will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #ca550f is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 4.4:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #ca550f would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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