#55211b

Color #55211b

A moderately saturated dark red.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 30.38 Nearest Tailwind class orange-950 #441306 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#55211b

RGB

rgb(85, 33, 27)

HSL

hsl(6.2, 51.8%, 22%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.2, 68.2%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 68.2%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(20.43, 23.68, 15.98)

LCH

lch(20.43, 28.57, 34.01)

OKLCH

oklch(32.3%, 0.0789, 28.77)

HWB

hwb(6.2, 10.6%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1b4f55

Analogous

#551b32

#55211b

#553e1b

Triadic

#55211b

#1b5521

#211b55

Split-complementary

#55211b

#1b553e

#1b3255

Tetradic

#55211b

#4f551b

#1b4f55

#211b55

Square

#55211b

#32551b

#1b4f55

#3e1b55

Shades

Color #55211b mixed toward black.

#471c17

#391612

#2b110e

#1c0b09

#0e0605

Tints

Color #55211b mixed toward white.

#87352b

#ba483b

#cf7368

#dfa19a

#efd0cd

Tones

Color #55211b mixed toward gray.

#502520

#4b2925

#472d2a

#42302e

#3d3433

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.62:1

White text reads better on this background (12.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#44441d · ΔE 27.8

Deuteranopia

#474a1d · ΔE 29.9

Tritanopia

#531e1e · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#313131 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55211b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55211b]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#55211b (#55211b) is rgb(85, 33, 27) in RGB.

No, #55211b 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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