Recognised as Colour

#05241A

#05241A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#05241A is a cyan with RGB values 5, 36, 26 and HSL 161°, 76%, 8%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#05241A

RGBrgb(5, 36, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.1412, 0.102

RGB percentages2%, 14.1%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(160.6, 75.6%, 8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(160.6, 86.1%, 14.1%)

CMYK86.1%, 0%, 27.8%, 85.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer336,922

CSS custom property--colour: #05241A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness29.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.49:1

Contrast with white16.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#FADBE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#232119no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original

Deuteranopia#1F1E1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original

Tritanopia#002421no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 19.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21 Dim grey · ΔE 35.9 Teal · ΔE 40.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 41.1 Gray · ΔE 44.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 19.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#24050F

Analogous#05240A, #051F24

Triadic#1A0524, #241A05

Split complementary#24051F, #240A05

Tetradic#0A0524, #24050F, #1F2405

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#1ED79B

Lighter +30%#18AA7B

Lighter +20%#117E5B

Lighter +10%#0B513A

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00291C

Less saturated −25%#0A1F18

Channel breakdown

G36

B26

Red5 (2%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue160.65°

Saturation (HSL)75.61%

Lightness8.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G 24 · B 1A

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