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#CA8372

#ca8372 ≈ Terra Cotta

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ca8372 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 51.37% green and 44.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.15% magenta, 43.56% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 11.59°, with 45.36% saturation and 61.96% 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 7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Terra Cotta (#e2725b), ΔE 7.01.

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Relative luminance0.3

Complementary

  1. #ca8372
  2. #72b9ca

Split complementary

  1. #ca8372
  2. #72caaf
  3. #728dca

Analogous

  1. #ca728d
  2. #ca8372
  3. #caaf72

Triadic

  1. #ca8372
  2. #72ca83
  3. #8372ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca8372
  2. #b9ca72
  3. #72b9ca
  4. #8372ca

Square

  1. #ca8372
  2. #8dca72
  3. #72b9ca
  4. #af72ca

Monochromatic

  1. #763b2d
  2. #ae5641
  3. #ca8372
  4. #dfb4aa
  5. #f4e5e1

Shades

#ca8372 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca8372
  2. #b67667
  3. #a2695b
  4. #8d5c50
  5. #794f44
  6. #654239
  7. #51342e
  8. #3d2722
  9. #281a17
  10. #140d0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca8372 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca8372
  2. #cf8f80
  3. #d59c8e
  4. #daa89c
  5. #dfb5aa
  6. #e5c1b9
  7. #eacdc7
  8. #efdad5
  9. #f4e6e3
  10. #faf3f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca8372 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca8372
  2. #c38373
  3. #bb8275
  4. #b48276
  5. #ac8278
  6. #a58279
  7. #9e817a
  8. #96817c
  9. #8f817d
  10. #87807f
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad8e88 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #948c71 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a59b71 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9797f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac8971 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b59272 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d37d7a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca8372 {
  color: #ca8372;
}
Background
.bg-ca8372 {
  background-color: #ca8372;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca8372 {
  border: 2px solid #ca8372;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca8372;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 131 114;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 45% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca8372 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca8372, #caaf72);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca8372 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 131 114 / 0.35);
}

#e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 7.01 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.24 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 7.61 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 8.75 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 8.91 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 9.09 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 9.26 #357c8d Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Terra Cotta
#ca8372  rgb(202, 131, 114)  hsl(12, 45%, 62%)  Terra Cotta
#72b9ca  rgb(114, 185, 202)  hsl(192, 45%, 62%)  Moonstone Blue
#72ca83  rgb(114, 202, 131)  hsl(132, 45%, 62%)  Emerald
#8372ca  rgb(131, 114, 202)  hsl(252, 45%, 62%)  Medium Purple