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Recognised as Colour

#05222A

  • #05222A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#05222A is a cyan with RGB values 5, 34, 42 and HSL 193°, 79%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#05222A#05222A
HEX#05222A
RGBrgb(5, 34, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.1333, 0.1647
RGB percentages2%, 13.3%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(193, 78.7%, 9.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193, 88.1%, 16.5%)
CMYK88.1%, 19%, 0%, 83.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer336,426
CSS custom property--colour: #05222A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness29.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.55:1
Contrast with white16.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#FADDD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1D212Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#181D2Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#002525no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 16.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.7Dim grey · ΔE 34.7Slate grey · ΔE 41.6Teal · ΔE 42.5Gray · ΔE 43.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 16.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2A0D05
Analogous#052A1F, #05102A
Triadic#2A0522, #222A05
Split complementary#2A0510, #2A1F05
Tetradic#1F052A, #2A0D05, #102A05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#1BB6E0
Lighter +30%#1591B3
Lighter +20%#106C85
Lighter +10%#0A4758
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00252F
Less saturated −25%#0B1F24

Channel breakdown

R5
G34
B42
Red5 (2%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue192.97°
Saturation (HSL)78.72%
Lightness9.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 22 · B 2A

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