Information about #550420 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #550420 reads as a maximally vivid rose and leans clearly toward the dark side. Expect to see shades like this in dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Castro (#52001F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Deep Raspberry (#590021) and Dark Scarlet (#560319).
In RGB terms — rgb(85, 4, 32) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #550420: 14.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.4:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:67) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #550420 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#550420 color variations
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#550420 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#550420 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#550420 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#550420 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#550420 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #550420 color
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Nearest named colors to #550420
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#52001F
#590021
#560319
#590016
#520C17
#58111A
#610C1D
#561426
#4D0211
#541012
#660C21
#58181F
#550420 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#550420
- RGB85, 4, 32
- CMYK0, 32, 21, 67
- CSSrgb(85, 4, 32)
- HSL339°, 91%, 17%
- HSL Precise339.259°, 91.011%, 17.451%
- HSV339°, 95%, 33%
- HSB339°, 95%, 33%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.016
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.125
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.016, 0.125)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.016, 0.125, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.016, 0.125)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB1.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB12.5%
- Color FamilyRose
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID550420
- DECIMAL ID5571616
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers8 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
