Recognised as Colour

#55092D

#55092D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#55092D is a red with RGB values 85, 9, 45 and HSL 332°, 81%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#55092D#55092D

HEX#55092D

RGBrgb(85, 9, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0353, 0.1765

RGB percentages33.3%, 3.5%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(331.6, 80.9%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(331.6, 89.4%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 89.4%, 47.1%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,572,909

CSS custom property--colour: #55092D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.35:1

Contrast with white14.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#AAF6D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1C212Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#302F2Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Tritanopia#5D001Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 39.7 Brown · ΔE 40.3 Maroon · ΔE 42.1 Purple · ΔE 43.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 44.1 Indian red · ΔE 44.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 39.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#095531

Analogous#550953, #550B09

Triadic#2D5509, #092D55

Split complementary#09550B, #095355

Tetradic#535509, #095531, #0B0955

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EB3F90

Lighter +30%#DF1876

Lighter +20%#B1135E

Lighter +10%#830E45

Darker −10%#270415

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5E002D

Less saturated −25%#49152E

Channel breakdown

R85

B45

Red85 (33.3%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue331.58°

Saturation (HSL)80.85%

Lightness18.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 09 · B 2D

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