Recognised as Colour

#550F27

#550F27
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#550F27 is a red with RGB values 85, 15, 39 and HSL 339°, 70%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#550F27#550F27

HEX#550F27

RGBrgb(85, 15, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0588, 0.1529

RGB percentages33.3%, 5.9%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(339.4, 70%, 19.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.4, 82.4%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 82.4%, 54.1%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,574,439

CSS custom property--colour: #550F27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.15:1

Contrast with white14.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#AAF0D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#202228no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#333025no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Tritanopia#5D0119no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 37.3 Black · ΔE 37.8 Maroon · ΔE 38.2 Sienna · ΔE 41.5 Indian red · ΔE 41.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 42.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 37.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F553D

Analogous#550F4A, #551A0F

Triadic#27550F, #0F2755

Split complementary#0F551A, #0F4A55

Tetradic#4A550F, #0F553D, #1A0F55

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E05081

Lighter +30%#D72663

Lighter +20%#AC1E4F

Lighter +10%#80173B

Darker −10%#2A0713

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#620323

Less saturated −25%#491C2B

Channel breakdown

R85

G15

B39

Red85 (33.3%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue339.43°

Saturation (HSL)70%

Lightness19.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 0F · B 27

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