Colour

#050B09

#050B09
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#050B09 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 11, 9 and HSL 160°, 38%, 3%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#050B09#050B09

HEX#050B09

RGBrgb(5, 11, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0431, 0.0353

RGB percentages2%, 4.3%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(160, 37.5%, 3.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(160, 54.5%, 4.3%)

CMYK54.5%, 0%, 18.2%, 95.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer330,505

CSS custom property--colour: #050B09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness9.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.84:1

Contrast with white19.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0A0A0A

Inverted#FAF4F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0B0A09no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#090909no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#040B0Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 3.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.5 Dim grey · ΔE 41.8 Gray · ΔE 51 Slate grey · ΔE 51.3 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 52.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 3.23, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B0507

Analogous#050B06, #050A0B

Triadic#09050B, #0B0905

Split complementary#0B050A, #0B0605

Tetradic#06050B, #0B0507, #0A0B05

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#45977C

Lighter +30%#35745F

Lighter +20%#255142

Lighter +10%#152E26

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#030D0A

Less saturated −25%#070908

Channel breakdown

G11

Red5 (2%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue160°

Saturation (HSL)37.5%

Lightness3.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G 0B · B 09

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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