Colour

#550C06

#550C06
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#550C06 is a red with RGB values 85, 12, 6 and HSL 5°, 87%, 18%. 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

#550C06#550C06

HEX#550C06

RGBrgb(85, 12, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0471, 0.0235

RGB percentages33.3%, 4.7%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(4.6, 86.8%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(4.6, 92.9%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 85.9%, 92.9%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,573,638

CSS custom property--colour: #550C06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02207WCAG 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 14.57:1

Contrast with white14.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#AAF3F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#241F05no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#352F03no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Tritanopia#5F000Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 23.6 Brown · ΔE 28.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 28.3 Dark red · ΔE 28.6 Sienna · ΔE 30.2 Firebrick · ΔE 35.8

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 23.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#064F55

Analogous#550627, #553406

Triadic#06550C, #0C0655

Split complementary#065533, #062755

Tetradic#275506, #064F55, #340655

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F14436

Lighter +30%#E42010

Lighter +20%#B4190D

Lighter +10%#851309

Darker −10%#250503

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5B0700

Less saturated −25%#4A1611

Channel breakdown

R85

G12

Red85 (33.3%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue4.56°

Saturation (HSL)86.81%

Lightness17.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 0C · B 06

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