Recognised as Colour

#55191F

#55191F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#55191F is a red with RGB values 85, 25, 31 and HSL 354°, 55%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#55191F#55191F

HEX#55191F

RGBrgb(85, 25, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.098, 0.1216

RGB percentages33.3%, 9.8%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(354, 54.5%, 21.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354, 70.6%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 70.6%, 63.5%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,576,991

CSS custom property--colour: #55191F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness51.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.59:1

Contrast with white13.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#AAE6E0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#28261Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#37331Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Tritanopia#5E0D1Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 34 Brown · ΔE 34.3 Sienna · ΔE 34.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.1 Black · ΔE 35.8 Dark red · ΔE 38.8

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 33.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#19554F

Analogous#55193D, #553119

Triadic#1F5519, #191F55

Split complementary#195531, #193D55

Tetradic#3D5519, #19554F, #311955

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D26872

Lighter +30%#C7404E

Lighter +20%#A4303C

Lighter +10%#7C252D

Darker −10%#2E0D11

Darker −20%#060202

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#630B14

Less saturated −25%#47272A

Channel breakdown

R85

G25

B31

Red85 (33.3%)

Green25 (9.8%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue354°

Saturation (HSL)54.55%

Lightness21.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 19 · B 1F

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