Recognised as Colour

#550D08

#550D08
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#550D08 is a red with RGB values 85, 13, 8 and HSL 4°, 83%, 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

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HEX#550D08

RGBrgb(85, 13, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.051, 0.0314

RGB percentages33.3%, 5.1%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(3.9, 82.8%, 18.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.9, 90.6%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 84.7%, 90.6%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,573,896

CSS custom property--colour: #550D08;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02237WCAG 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 14.51:1

Contrast with white14.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#AAF2F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#241F07no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#362F05no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Tritanopia#5F000Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 24.1 Brown · ΔE 28.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 28.5 Dark red · ΔE 29.2 Sienna · ΔE 30.4 Firebrick · ΔE 36.2

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 24.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#085055

Analogous#550829, #553408

Triadic#08550D, #0D0855

Split complementary#085534, #082955

Tetradic#295508, #085055, #340855

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ED483C

Lighter +30%#E12215

Lighter +20%#B21B11

Lighter +10%#84140C

Darker −10%#260604

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5D0600

Less saturated −25%#491714

Channel breakdown

R85

G13

Red85 (33.3%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue3.9°

Saturation (HSL)82.8%

Lightness18.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 0D · B 08

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