Colour

#00212B

#00212B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#00212B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 33, 43 and HSL 194°, 100%, 8%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#00212B#00212B

HEX#00212B

RGBrgb(0, 33, 43)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.1294, 0.1686

RGB percentages0%, 12.9%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(194, 100%, 8.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194, 100%, 16.9%)

CMYK100%, 23.3%, 0%, 83.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,491

CSS custom property--colour: #00212B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01262WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness29.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.77:1

Contrast with white16.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#FFDED4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1B202Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#151C2Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#002424no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 16.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.6 Dim grey · ΔE 35.7 Slate grey · ΔE 42.2 Teal · ΔE 42.9 Gray · ΔE 44.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 16.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#2B0A00

Analogous#002B20, #000C2B

Triadic#2B0021, #212B00

Split complementary#2B000B, #2B2000

Tetradic#20002B, #2B0A00, #0B2B00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#00BEF7

Lighter +30%#0096C4

Lighter +20%#006F91

Lighter +10%#00485E

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00212B

Less saturated −25%#051E26

Channel breakdown

G33

B43

Red0 (0%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue193.95°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness8.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 21 · B 2B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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