#550909

Color #550909

A vivid, highly saturated very dark red.

Closest named color Maroon #800000 · ΔE 24.12 Nearest Tailwind class red-950 #460809 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#550909

RGB

rgb(85, 9, 9)

HSL

hsl(0, 80.9%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 89.4%, 33.3%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(16.24, 33.4, 21.31)

LCH

lch(16.24, 39.62, 32.54)

OKLCH

oklch(29.1%, 0.1073, 27.16)

HWB

hwb(0, 3.5%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#095555

Analogous

#55092f

#550909

#552f09

Triadic

#550909

#095509

#090955

Split-complementary

#550909

#09552f

#092f55

Tetradic

#550909

#555509

#095555

#090955

Square

#550909

#2f5509

#095555

#2f0955

Shades

Color #550909 mixed toward black.

#470707

#390606

#2a0404

#1c0303

#0e0101

Tints

Color #550909 mixed toward white.

#941010

#d21616

#eb4343

#f28282

#f8c0c0

Tones

Color #550909 mixed toward gray.

#4f0f0f

#481616

#421c1c

#3c2222

#352929

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.43:1

White text reads better on this background (14.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#414009 · ΔE 32.4

Deuteranopia

#444809 · ΔE 35.6

Tritanopia

#530909 · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#282828 · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #550909;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#550909]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#550909 (#550909) is rgb(85, 9, 9) in RGB.

No, #550909 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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