Colour

#05181E

#05181E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#05181E is a cyan with RGB values 5, 24, 30 and HSL 194°, 71%, 7%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#05181E#05181E

HEX#05181E

RGBrgb(5, 24, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0941, 0.1176

RGB percentages2%, 9.4%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(194.4, 71.4%, 6.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.4, 83.3%, 11.8%)

CMYK83.3%, 20%, 0%, 88.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer333,854

CSS custom property--colour: #05181E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness21.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.17:1

Contrast with white18.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#141414

Inverted#FAE7E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#14171Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#11141Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Tritanopia#001A1Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 10.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.3 Dim grey · ΔE 38.2 Slate grey · ΔE 46.1 Gray · ΔE 47.2 Teal · ΔE 47.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 10.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E0B05

Analogous#051E17, #050C1E

Triadic#1E0518, #181E05

Split complementary#1E050C, #1E1705

Tetradic#17051E, #1E0B05, #0C1E05

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#22A4CD

Lighter +30%#1B81A1

Lighter +20%#145E75

Lighter +10%#0C3B4A

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#011A22

Less saturated −25%#09161A

Channel breakdown

G24

B30

Red5 (2%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue194.4°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness6.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G 18 · B 1E

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