#551908

Color #551908

A vivid, highly saturated very dark red.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 25.07 Nearest Tailwind class amber-950 #461901 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#551908

RGB

rgb(85, 25, 8)

HSL

hsl(13.2, 82.8%, 18.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(13.2, 90.6%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 90.6%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(18.56, 26.93, 24.53)

LCH

lch(18.56, 36.43, 42.33)

OKLCH

oklch(30.8%, 0.093, 36.03)

HWB

hwb(13.2, 3.1%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#084455

Analogous

#55081e

#551908

#553f08

Triadic

#551908

#085519

#190855

Split-complementary

#551908

#08553f

#081e55

Tetradic

#551908

#445508

#084455

#190855

Square

#551908

#1e5508

#084455

#3f0855

Shades

Color #551908 mixed toward black.

#471507

#391105

#2a0c04

#1c0803

#0e0401

Tints

Color #551908 mixed toward white.

#942c0e

#d43e14

#ed6640

#f39980

#f9ccbf

Tones

Color #551908 mixed toward gray.

#4e1c0e

#482015

#42241b

#3b2722

#352b28

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.53:1

White text reads better on this background (13.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#43420d · ΔE 27.7

Deuteranopia

#46490f · ΔE 30.2

Tritanopia

#531112 · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#2d2d2d · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #551908;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#551908]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Tomato #ff6347

Sienna #a0522d

Frequently asked questions

#551908 (#551908) is rgb(85, 25, 8) in RGB.

No, #551908 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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