Sienna

#ca421a

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for sienna, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Sienna is a mid red that reads grounded. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Sienna color values

Every conversion for #ca421a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca421a

RGB202, 66, 26

HSL14, 77%, 45%

HSV14, 87%, 79%

CMYK0%, 67%, 87%, 21%

Lab47.66, 52.22, 50.93

XYZ26.49, 16.53, 2.77

Decimal13255194

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone173 C

Shades of sienna

#b93c18 #a73715 #963113 #842b11 #73250f #61200c #501a0a #3e1408 #2d0f06 #1b0903

Tints of sienna

#e14a1d #e55c34 #e86f4b #eb8263 #ee947a #f1a792 #f4baa9 #f7cdc0 #fae0d8 #fdf2ef

Colors that go with sienna

Complementary#1aa2ca Analogous#ca1a4a Analogous#ca9a1a Triadic#1aca42 Triadic#421aca Split complementary#1aca9a Split complementary#1a4aca

Sienna in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 67, 87, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca421a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 67 87 21

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 66 84 27

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Sienna in css

Copy #ca421a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca421a; }
.text { color: #ca421a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca421a; }

How sienna looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Sienna and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ca421a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca421a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Sienna on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ca421a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around sienna? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn sienna into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ca421a and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from sienna, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ca421a are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.