#550821

Color #550821

A vivid, highly saturated very dark pink.

Closest named color Brown #a52a2a · ΔE 34.97 Nearest Tailwind class rose-950 #4d0218 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#550821

RGB

rgb(85, 8, 33)

HSL

hsl(340.5, 82.8%, 18.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(340.5, 90.6%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 90.6%, 61.2%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(16.58, 35.04, 6.68)

LCH

lch(16.58, 35.67, 10.79)

OKLCH

oklch(29.5%, 0.1078, 9.02)

HWB

hwb(340.5, 3.1%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#08553c

Analogous

#550847

#550821

#551508

Triadic

#550821

#215508

#082155

Split-complementary

#550821

#085515

#084755

Tetradic

#550821

#553c08

#08553c

#082155

Square

#550821

#475508

#08553c

#150855

Shades

Color #550821 mixed toward black.

#47071b

#390516

#2a0410

#1c030b

#0e0105

Tints

Color #550821 mixed toward white.

#940e3a

#d41452

#ed4078

#f380a5

#f9bfd2

Tones

Color #550821 mixed toward gray.

#4e0e23

#481525

#421b28

#3b222a

#35282c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.44:1

White text reads better on this background (14.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#41401d · ΔE 34.9

Deuteranopia

#44481c · ΔE 38.8

Tritanopia

#531918 · ΔE 7.7

Achromatopsia

#292929 · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #550821;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#550821]

Related colors

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Frequently asked questions

#550821 (#550821) is rgb(85, 8, 33) in RGB.

No, #550821 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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