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Recognised as Colour

#05221C

  • #05221C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#05221C is a cyan with RGB values 5, 34, 28 and HSL 168°, 74%, 8%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#05221C#05221C
HEX#05221C
RGBrgb(5, 34, 28)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.1333, 0.1098
RGB percentages2%, 13.3%, 11%
HSLhsl(167.6, 74.4%, 7.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.6, 85.3%, 13.3%)
CMYK85.3%, 0%, 17.6%, 86.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer336,412
CSS custom property--colour: #05221C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness27.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.77:1
Contrast with white16.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B
Inverted#FADDE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#201F1Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#1C1C1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#002320no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 16.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.8Dim grey · ΔE 35.8Teal · ΔE 41.6Dark olivegreen · ΔE 43.5Gray · ΔE 44.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 16.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#22050B
Analogous#05220E, #051922
Triadic#1C0522, #221C05
Split complementary#22051A, #220E05
Tetradic#0E0522, #22050B, #192205

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#1FD4AE
Lighter +30%#19A78A
Lighter +20%#127B65
Lighter +10%#0C4E41
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00271F
Less saturated −25%#0A1D19

Channel breakdown

R5
G34
B28
Red5 (2%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue28 (11%)
Hue167.59°
Saturation (HSL)74.36%
Lightness7.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 22 · B 1C

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