Recognised as Colour

#55030E

#55030E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#55030E is a red with RGB values 85, 3, 14 and HSL 352°, 93%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#55030E

RGBrgb(85, 3, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0118, 0.0549

RGB percentages33.3%, 1.2%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(352, 93.2%, 17.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352, 96.5%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 96.5%, 83.5%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,571,342

CSS custom property--colour: #55030E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness46.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.94:1

Contrast with white14.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#151515

Inverted#AAFCF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1F1C0Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#332D0Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Tritanopia#5F0008no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 25.4 Brown · ΔE 28.8 Dark red · ΔE 30.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.7 Sienna · ΔE 33.6 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#03554A

Analogous#550337, #552103

Triadic#0E5503, #030E55

Split complementary#035521, #033755

Tetradic#375503, #03554A, #210355

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F82C48

Lighter +30%#E90826

Lighter +20%#B8061E

Lighter +10%#860516

Darker −10%#240106

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#58000C

Less saturated −25%#4A0E16

Channel breakdown

R85

B14

Red85 (33.3%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue351.95°

Saturation (HSL)93.18%

Lightness17.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 03 · B 0E

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