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#CA4E49 — Red

#CA4E49 is a red color we call Red, closest to the named color IndianRed (#CD5C5C). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: indianred (#CD5C5C) — not an exact match. CSS indianred gives you #CD5C5C, a different color; use #CA4E49 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CA4E49 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #49C6CA; it also sits naturally between #CA4985 and #CA8E49. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA4E49 · RGB 202, 78, 73

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Color values

HEX#CA4E49
RGB202, 78, 73
HSL2°, 55%, 54%
HSV2°, 64%, 79%
CMYK0%, 61%, 64%, 21%
XYZ28.28, 18.49, 8.38
Yxy18.49, 0.5128, 0.3352
CIE-Lab50.08, 48.98, 28.86
Hunter Lab43.00, 45.18, 16.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 31% · Blue 29%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 61% · Yellow 64% · Key 21%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CA4E49 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA4E49 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA4E49

.text { color: #CA4E49; }
.background { background-color: #CA4E49; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA4E49; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 78, 73); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(2, 55%, 54%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA4E49; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 78, 73, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA4E49; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 78, 73, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA4E49">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA4E49">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA4E49

#C23D38#AE3732#9A302D#862A27#732421#5F1E1C#4B1816#371110#240B0A#100505

Tints of #CA4E49

#CF5D59#D36C69#D9807D#DE8F8C#E29F9C#E7AEAC#EBBDBC#F1D1D0#F6E0DF#FAF0EF

Tones of #CA4E49

#C15653#B75F5C#AE6865#A66F6E#9C7877#938180

Color harmonies

Complementary — #49C6CA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.47:1 AA large only
Against black text4.70:1 AA

Best text color on #CA4E49: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA4E49

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CA4E49: ·

How #CA4E49 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #94934ADeuteranopia · #9CA54BTritanopia · #C44B4B

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap danger · #DC3545Tailwind red 500 · #EF4444Material Red 500 · #F44336

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CA4E49 rather than the exact color:

Electric Whisper
#309030 · #3636A2 · #C44E4E · #C2E2C6
Palette D04848
#D04848 · #F3B95F · #FDE767 · #6895D2
Palette Fcfaef
#FCFAEF · #E2E0A5 · #D3504A · #A63636
Smoky Ruby Marble
#B23D2D · #D2534D · #51C4D3 · #C3E9EB
Palette D34e4e
#D34E4E · #F9E7B2 · #DDC57A · #CE7E5A
Velvet Ruby Meadow
#30349A · #C54448 · #69CF65 · #BFC5E2

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#C44E4E#D04848#D3504A#D2534D#D34E4E#C54448#C44545#C65949#D24545#C14545#D25353#C74440

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA4E48  ·  #CA4E4A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA4E49?

#CA4E49 is Red, a red color (RGB 202, 78, 73). Its closest standard named color is IndianRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA4E49?

#CA4E49 is RGB 202, 78, 73 — HSL 2°, 55%, 54% — CMYK 0%, 61%, 64%, 21%.

What colors go with #CA4E49?

Its complement is #49C6CA; analogous partners are #CA4985 and #CA8E49. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA4E49 for text?

Black text on #CA4E49 has a contrast ratio of 4.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.47:1.