#550100

Color #550100

A vivid, highly saturated very dark red.

Closest named color Maroon #800000 · ΔE 21.56 Nearest Tailwind class red-950 #460809 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#550100

RGB

rgb(85, 1, 0)

HSL

hsl(0.7, 100%, 16.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0.7, 100%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 98.8%, 100%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(15.24, 35.67, 23.72)

LCH

lch(15.24, 42.84, 33.62)

OKLCH

oklch(28.3%, 0.115, 29.6)

HWB

hwb(0.7, 0%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#005455

Analogous

#55002a

#550100

#552c00

Triadic

#550100

#005501

#010055

Split-complementary

#550100

#00552c

#002a55

Tetradic

#550100

#545500

#005455

#010055

Square

#550100

#2a5500

#005455

#2c0055

Shades

Color #550100 mixed toward black.

#470100

#390100

#2b0000

#1c0000

#0e0000

Tints

Color #550100 mixed toward white.

#9c0200

#e30300

#ff2d2b

#ff7371

#ffb9b8

Tones

Color #550100 mixed toward gray.

#4e0807

#470f0e

#401615

#391d1c

#322423

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.39:1

White text reads better on this background (15.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#404000 · ΔE 34.2

Deuteranopia

#434700 · ΔE 36.8

Tritanopia

#530000 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#262626 · ΔE 23.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #550100;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#550100]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#550100 (#550100) is rgb(85, 1, 0) in RGB.

No, #550100 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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