Recognised as Colour

#55031F

#55031F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#55031F is a red with RGB values 85, 3, 31 and HSL 340°, 93%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#55031F#55031F

HEX#55031F

RGBrgb(85, 3, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0118, 0.1216

RGB percentages33.3%, 1.2%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(339.5, 93.2%, 17.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.5, 96.5%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 96.5%, 63.5%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,571,359

CSS custom property--colour: #55031F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02095WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.8:1

Contrast with white14.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#161616

Inverted#AAFCE0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1D1D1Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#312D1Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Tritanopia#5E0010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 34.2 Brown · ΔE 34.3 Dark red · ΔE 38.9 Sienna · ΔE 40.3 Black · ΔE 40.5 Indian red · ΔE 41.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 34.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#035539

Analogous#550348, #551003

Triadic#1F5503, #031F55

Split complementary#035510, #034855

Tetradic#485503, #035539, #100355

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F82C72

Lighter +30%#E90855

Lighter +20%#B80643

Lighter +10%#860531

Darker −10%#24010D

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#58001E

Less saturated −25%#4A0E22

Channel breakdown

R85

B31

Red85 (33.3%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue339.51°

Saturation (HSL)93.18%

Lightness17.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 03 · B 1F

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