Recognised as Colour

#05232F

#05232F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#05232F is a cyan with RGB values 5, 35, 47 and HSL 197°, 81%, 10%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#05232F#05232F

HEX#05232F

RGBrgb(5, 35, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.1373, 0.1843

RGB percentages2%, 13.7%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(197.1, 80.8%, 10.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 89.4%, 18.4%)

CMYK89.4%, 25.5%, 0%, 81.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer336,687

CSS custom property--colour: #05232F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0144WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness31.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.31:1

Contrast with white16.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#FADCD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1D2230no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#171E2Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Tritanopia#002627no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 17.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.2 Dim grey · ΔE 34.6 Slate grey · ΔE 40.8 Teal · ΔE 42.8 Gray · ΔE 43.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 17.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F1105

Analogous#052F26, #050E2F

Triadic#2F0523, #232F05

Split complementary#2F050E, #2F2605

Tetradic#26052F, #2F1105, #0E2F05

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#19ACE7

Lighter +30%#148AB9

Lighter +20%#0F688B

Lighter +10%#0A455D

Darker −10%#000101

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002534

Less saturated −25%#0B2029

Channel breakdown

G35

B47

Red5 (2%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue197.14°

Saturation (HSL)80.77%

Lightness10.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G 23 · B 2F

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