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Recognised as Colour

#051C15

  • #051C15
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#051C15 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 28, 21 and HSL 162°, 70%, 6%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#051C15#051C15
HEX#051C15
RGBrgb(5, 28, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.1098, 0.0824
RGB percentages2%, 11%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(161.7, 69.7%, 6.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.7, 82.1%, 11%)
CMYK82.1%, 0%, 25%, 89%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer334,869
CSS custom property--colour: #051C15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness22.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.75:1
Contrast with white17.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#171717
Inverted#FAE3EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1B1A15no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#171715no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Tritanopia#001C1Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 13.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.7Dim grey · ΔE 37.7Dark olivegreen · ΔE 45.1Teal · ΔE 45.2Gray · ΔE 46.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 13.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1C050C
Analogous#051C0A, #05171C
Triadic#15051C, #1C1505
Split complementary#1C0517, #1C0A05
Tetradic#0A051C, #1C050C, #171C05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#24C997
Lighter +30%#1C9E76
Lighter +20%#147356
Lighter +10%#0D4735
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#012017
Less saturated −25%#091813

Channel breakdown

R5
G28
B21
Red5 (2%)
Green28 (11%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue161.74°
Saturation (HSL)69.7%
Lightness6.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 1C · B 15

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