Recognised as Colour

#550C02

#550C02
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#550C02 is a red with RGB values 85, 12, 2 and HSL 7°, 95%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#550C02#550C02

HEX#550C02

RGBrgb(85, 12, 2)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0471, 0.0078

RGB percentages33.3%, 4.7%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(7.2, 95.4%, 17.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.2, 97.6%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 85.9%, 97.6%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,573,634

CSS custom property--colour: #550C02;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02199WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.59:1

Contrast with white14.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#AAF3FD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#241F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#362F00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Tritanopia#5F000Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 22.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 27.3 Dark red · ΔE 27.7 Brown · ΔE 28 Sienna · ΔE 29.6 Firebrick · ΔE 35.3

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 22.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#024B55

Analogous#550222, #553502

Triadic#02550C, #0C0255

Split complementary#025535, #022255

Tetradic#225502, #024B55, #350255

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FA4229

Lighter +30%#EA2106

Lighter +20%#B91A04

Lighter +10%#871303

Darker −10%#230501

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#570A00

Less saturated −25%#4A140D

Channel breakdown

R85

G12

Red85 (33.3%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue7.23°

Saturation (HSL)95.4%

Lightness17.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 0C · B 02

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#550C02

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else