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Recognised as Colour

#050C09

  • #050C09
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#050C09 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 12, 9 and HSL 154°, 41%, 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

#050C09#050C09
HEX#050C09
RGBrgb(5, 12, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0471, 0.0353
RGB percentages2%, 4.7%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(154.3, 41.2%, 3.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.3, 58.3%, 4.7%)
CMYK58.3%, 0%, 25%, 95.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer330,761
CSS custom property--colour: #050C09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00315WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness10.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.76:1
Contrast with white19.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0A0A0A
Inverted#FAF3F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0C0B09no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0A0A09no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#040C0Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text19.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 3.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.2Dim grey · ΔE 41.6Gray · ΔE 50.8Slate grey · ΔE 51.2Dark olivegreen · ΔE 52.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 3.69, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0C0508
Analogous#050C05, #050C0C
Triadic#09050C, #0C0905
Split complementary#0C050C, #0C0505
Tetradic#05050C, #0C0508, #0C0C05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#419C75
Lighter +30%#32785A
Lighter +20%#23543F
Lighter +10%#143024
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#030E09
Less saturated −25%#070A09

Channel breakdown

R5
G12
B9
Red5 (2%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue154.29°
Saturation (HSL)41.18%
Lightness3.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 0C · B 09

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