#550902

Color #550902

A vivid, highly saturated very dark red.

Closest named color Maroon #800000 · ΔE 22.48 Nearest Tailwind class orange-950 #441306 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#550902

RGB

rgb(85, 9, 2)

HSL

hsl(5.1, 95.4%, 17.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(5.1, 97.6%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 89.4%, 97.6%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(16.16, 33.16, 24.07)

LCH

lch(16.16, 40.97, 35.97)

OKLCH

oklch(29%, 0.1085, 31.13)

HWB

hwb(5.1, 0.8%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#024e55

Analogous

#550225

#550902

#553302

Triadic

#550902

#025509

#090255

Split-complementary

#550902

#025533

#022555

Tetradic

#550902

#4e5502

#024e55

#090255

Square

#550902

#255502

#024e55

#330255

Shades

Color #550902 mixed toward black.

#470802

#390601

#2b0501

#1c0301

#0e0200

Tints

Color #550902 mixed toward white.

#9a1004

#df1805

#fa4230

#fc8175

#fdc0ba

Tones

Color #550902 mixed toward gray.

#4e0f09

#471510

#401a17

#39201e

#332625

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.43:1

White text reads better on this background (14.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#414004 · ΔE 31.9

Deuteranopia

#444804 · ΔE 35.1

Tritanopia

#530505 · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#282828 · ΔE 23.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #550902;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#550902]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#550902 (#550902) is rgb(85, 9, 2) in RGB.

No, #550902 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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