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Recognised as Colour

#02251C

  • #02251C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#02251C is a cyan with RGB values 2, 37, 28 and HSL 165°, 90%, 8%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#02251C#02251C
HEX#02251C
RGBrgb(2, 37, 28)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.1451, 0.1098
RGB percentages0.8%, 14.5%, 11%
HSLhsl(164.6, 89.7%, 7.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.6, 94.6%, 14.5%)
CMYK94.6%, 0%, 24.3%, 85.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer140,572
CSS custom property--colour: #02251C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness29.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.36:1
Contrast with white16.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#FDDAE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#23221Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#1F1E1Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Tritanopia#002522no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 19.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.5Dim grey · ΔE 35.9Teal · ΔE 40.1Dark olivegreen · ΔE 41.4Gray · ΔE 44.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 19.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#25020B
Analogous#02250A, #021D25
Triadic#1C0225, #251C02
Split complementary#25021D, #250A02
Tetradic#0B0225, #25020B, #1D2502

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#0CE7AE
Lighter +30%#0AB68A
Lighter +20%#078665
Lighter +10%#055541
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00271D
Less saturated −25%#07201A

Channel breakdown

R2
G37
B28
Red2 (0.8%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue28 (11%)
Hue164.57°
Saturation (HSL)89.74%
Lightness7.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 02 · G 25 · B 1C

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