Recognised as Colour

#55091F

#55091F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#55091F is a red with RGB values 85, 9, 31 and HSL 343°, 81%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#55091F#55091F

HEX#55091F

RGBrgb(85, 9, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0353, 0.1216

RGB percentages33.3%, 3.5%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(342.6, 80.9%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.6, 89.4%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 89.4%, 63.5%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,572,895

CSS custom property--colour: #55091F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02226WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness48.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.53:1

Contrast with white14.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#AAF6E0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1F1F1Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#332F1Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original

Tritanopia#5E0013no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 33.9 Brown · ΔE 34.1 Dark red · ΔE 38.7 Sienna · ΔE 39 Black · ΔE 39.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 39.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 33.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#09553F

Analogous#550945, #551909

Triadic#1F5509, #091F55

Split complementary#095519, #094555

Tetradic#455509, #09553F, #190955

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EB3F71

Lighter +30%#DF1851

Lighter +20%#B11341

Lighter +10%#830E30

Darker −10%#27040E

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5E001B

Less saturated −25%#491524

Channel breakdown

R85

B31

Red85 (33.3%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue342.63°

Saturation (HSL)80.85%

Lightness18.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 09 · B 1F

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