Recognised as Colour

#05281E

#05281E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#05281E is a cyan with RGB values 5, 40, 30 and HSL 163°, 78%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#05281E#05281E

HEX#05281E

RGBrgb(5, 40, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.1569, 0.1176

RGB percentages2%, 15.7%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(162.9, 77.8%, 8.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(162.9, 87.5%, 15.7%)

CMYK87.5%, 0%, 25%, 84.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer337,950

CSS custom property--colour: #05281E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness32.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.8:1

Contrast with white15.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#FAD7E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#27251Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original

Deuteranopia#22211Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Tritanopia#002825no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 19.4 Black · ΔE 20.8 Dim grey · ΔE 34.7 Teal · ΔE 38.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 40 Gray · ΔE 43.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 19.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#28050F

Analogous#05280D, #052028

Triadic#1E0528, #281E05

Split complementary#280521, #280D05

Tetradic#0D0528, #28050F, #202805

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#1CDDA6

Lighter +30%#16B084

Lighter +20%#108362

Lighter +10%#0B5540

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002D20

Less saturated −25%#0B221C

Channel breakdown

G40

B30

Red5 (2%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue162.86°

Saturation (HSL)77.78%

Lightness8.82%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G 28 · B 1E

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Colour harmonies

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