Recognised as Colour

#55102D

#55102D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#55102D is a red with RGB values 85, 16, 45 and HSL 335°, 68%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#55102D#55102D

HEX#55102D

RGBrgb(85, 16, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0627, 0.1765

RGB percentages33.3%, 6.3%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(334.8, 68.3%, 19.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(334.8, 81.2%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 81.2%, 47.1%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,574,701

CSS custom property--colour: #55102D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02491WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness50.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.02:1

Contrast with white14.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#AAEFD2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1F232Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#32312Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Tritanopia#5D051Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 38 Brown · ΔE 39.8 Maroon · ΔE 41.5 Dim grey · ΔE 42.8 Indian red · ΔE 43.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 44.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 38.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#105538

Analogous#55104F, #551610

Triadic#2D5510, #102D55

Split complementary#105516, #104F55

Tetradic#505510, #105538, #161055

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DF528D

Lighter +30%#D62871

Lighter +20%#AB205A

Lighter +10%#801844

Darker −10%#2A0816

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#62032B

Less saturated −25%#481D2F

Channel breakdown

R85

G16

B45

Red85 (33.3%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue334.78°

Saturation (HSL)68.32%

Lightness19.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 10 · B 2D

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