#553e3e

Color #553e3e

A muted dark red.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 17.85 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-700 #473c39 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#553e3e

RGB

rgb(85, 62, 62)

HSL

hsl(0, 15.6%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 27.1%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 27.1%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(28.71, 10.06, 3.93)

LCH

lch(28.71, 10.8, 21.34)

OKLCH

oklch(38.9%, 0.0324, 18.71)

HWB

hwb(0, 24.3%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3e5555

Analogous

#553e49

#553e3e

#55493e

Triadic

#553e3e

#3e553e

#3e3e55

Split-complementary

#553e3e

#3e5549

#3e4955

Tetradic

#553e3e

#55553e

#3e5555

#3e3e55

Square

#553e3e

#49553e

#3e5555

#493e55

Shades

Color #553e3e mixed toward black.

#473434

#392929

#2a1f1f

#1c1515

#0e0a0a

Tints

Color #553e3e mixed toward white.

#785858

#997373

#b29696

#ccb9b9

#e5dcdc

Tones

Color #553e3e mixed toward gray.

#534040

#514242

#4f4444

#4d4646

#4b4848

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.14:1

White text reads better on this background (9.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4c3e · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#4d4f3e · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#543e3e · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 11.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #553e3e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#553e3e]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#553e3e (#553e3e) is rgb(85, 62, 62) in RGB.

No, #553e3e 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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