Recognised as Colour

#550C0F

#550C0F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#550C0F is a red with RGB values 85, 12, 15 and HSL 358°, 75%, 19%. 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

#550C0F#550C0F

HEX#550C0F

RGBrgb(85, 12, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0471, 0.0588

RGB percentages33.3%, 4.7%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(357.5, 75.3%, 19%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.5, 85.9%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 85.9%, 82.4%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,573,647

CSS custom property--colour: #550C0F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.6 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#1C1C1C

Inverted#AAF3F0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#231F0Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#352F0Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Tritanopia#5E000Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 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 26 Brown · ΔE 29.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.9 Dark red · ΔE 31 Sienna · ΔE 32 Firebrick · ΔE 37.3

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 25.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C5552

Analogous#550C34, #552E0C

Triadic#0F550C, #0C0F55

Split complementary#0C552E, #0C3455

Tetradic#33550C, #0C5552, #2D0C55

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5484E

Lighter +30%#DB1F27

Lighter +20%#AE191F

Lighter +10%#821217

Darker −10%#280607

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#610004

Less saturated −25%#49181A

Channel breakdown

R85

G12

B15

Red85 (33.3%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue357.53°

Saturation (HSL)75.26%

Lightness19.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 0C · B 0F

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Colour values

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