Recognised as Colour

#55020E

#55020E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#55020E is a red with RGB values 85, 2, 14 and HSL 351°, 95%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#55020E

RGBrgb(85, 2, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0078, 0.0549

RGB percentages33.3%, 0.8%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(351.3, 95.4%, 17.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.3, 97.6%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 97.6%, 83.5%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,571,086

CSS custom property--colour: #55020E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02006WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness46.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.99:1

Contrast with white14.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#151515

Inverted#AAFDF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1F1C0Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#332D0Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original

Tritanopia#5F0007no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 25.4 Brown · ΔE 28.8 Dark red · ΔE 30.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 33 Sienna · ΔE 33.9 Firebrick · ΔE 36.6

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 25.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#025549

Analogous#550238, #551F02

Triadic#0E5502, #020E55

Split complementary#02551F, #023855

Tetradic#385502, #025549, #1F0255

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FA2947

Lighter +30%#EA0627

Lighter +20%#B9041E

Lighter +10%#870316

Darker −10%#230106

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#57000D

Less saturated −25%#4A0D16

Channel breakdown

R85

B14

Red85 (33.3%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue351.33°

Saturation (HSL)95.4%

Lightness17.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 02 · B 0E

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