Recognised as Colour

#55112B

#55112B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#55112B is a red with RGB values 85, 17, 43 and HSL 337°, 67%, 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

#55112B#55112B

HEX#55112B

RGBrgb(85, 17, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0667, 0.1686

RGB percentages33.3%, 6.7%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(337.1, 66.7%, 20%)

HSV / HSBhsv(337.1, 80%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 80%, 49.4%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,574,955

CSS custom property--colour: #55112B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02507WCAG 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 13.99:1

Contrast with white13.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#AAEED4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#20232Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Deuteranopia#333129no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Tritanopia#5D051Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 37.6 Brown · ΔE 38.9 Maroon · ΔE 40.4 Dim grey · ΔE 42.3 Indian red · ΔE 42.7 Sienna · ΔE 43.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 37.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#11553B

Analogous#55114D, #551911

Triadic#2B5511, #112B55

Split complementary#115519, #114D55

Tetradic#4D5511, #11553B, #191155

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DD5589

Lighter +30%#D52A6C

Lighter +20%#AA2256

Lighter +10%#801941

Darker −10%#2B0916

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#620428

Less saturated −25%#481E2E

Channel breakdown

R85

G17

B43

Red85 (33.3%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue337.06°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness20%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 11 · B 2B

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