#550f0c

Color #550f0c

A vivid, highly saturated very dark red.

Closest named color Maroon #800000 · ΔE 25.29 Nearest Tailwind class red-950 #460809 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#550f0c

RGB

rgb(85, 15, 12)

HSL

hsl(2.5, 75.3%, 19%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(2.5, 85.9%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 85.9%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(16.99, 31.49, 20.97)

LCH

lch(16.99, 37.83, 33.66)

OKLCH

oklch(29.7%, 0.102, 27.87)

HWB

hwb(2.5, 4.7%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0c5255

Analogous

#550c2d

#550f0c

#55330c

Triadic

#550f0c

#0c550f

#0f0c55

Split-complementary

#550f0c

#0c5533

#0c2d55

Tetradic

#550f0c

#52550c

#0c5255

#0f0c55

Square

#550f0c

#2d550c

#0c5255

#330c55

Shades

Color #550f0c mixed toward black.

#470d0a

#390a08

#2a0806

#1c0504

#0e0302

Tints

Color #550f0c mixed toward white.

#911a14

#ce241d

#e5504a

#ee8b86

#f6c5c3

Tones

Color #550f0c mixed toward gray.

#4f1512

#491a18

#43201e

#3d2524

#372b2a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.46:1

White text reads better on this background (14.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#41410d · ΔE 31.6

Deuteranopia

#44480d · ΔE 34.3

Tritanopia

#530d0d · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#2a2a2a · ΔE 22.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #550f0c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#550f0c]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#550f0c (#550f0c) is rgb(85, 15, 12) in RGB.

No, #550f0c 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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