Recognised as Colour

#08212C

#08212C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#08212C is a cyan with RGB values 8, 33, 44 and HSL 198°, 69%, 10%. 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

#08212C#08212C

HEX#08212C

RGBrgb(8, 33, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.1294, 0.1725

RGB percentages3.1%, 12.9%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(198.3, 69.2%, 10.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(198.3, 81.8%, 17.3%)

CMYK81.8%, 25%, 0%, 82.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer532,780

CSS custom property--colour: #08212C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness29.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.61:1

Contrast with white16.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#F7DED3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1B202Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Deuteranopia#161D2Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Tritanopia#002425no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 16.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.9 Dim grey · ΔE 34.9 Slate grey · ΔE 41.5 Gray · ΔE 43.7 Teal · ΔE 43.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 16.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C1308

Analogous#082C25, #080F2C

Triadic#2C0821, #212C08

Split complementary#2C080F, #2C2508

Tetradic#25082C, #2C1308, #0F2C08

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#28A2D8

Lighter +30%#2082AD

Lighter +20%#186282

Lighter +10%#104157

Darker −10%#000101

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#022433

Less saturated −25%#0E1E26

Channel breakdown

G33

B44

Red8 (3.1%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue198.33°

Saturation (HSL)69.23%

Lightness10.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G 21 · B 2C

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