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Recognised as Colour

#11515D

  • #11515D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#11515D is a cyan with RGB values 17, 81, 93 and HSL 189°, 69%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#11515D#11515D
HEX#11515D
RGBrgb(17, 81, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.3176, 0.3647
RGB percentages6.7%, 31.8%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(189.5, 69.1%, 21.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.5, 81.7%, 36.5%)
CMYK81.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,134,941
CSS custom property--colour: #11515D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06794WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.9:1
Contrast with white8.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#EEAEA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#484E5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E465Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Tritanopia#005655no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.4Teal · ΔE 22.4Dim grey · ΔE 23.5Slate grey · ΔE 25.1Dark cyan · ΔE 26.4Light slate grey · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5D1D11
Analogous#115D43, #112B5D
Triadic#5D1151, #515D11
Split complementary#5D112B, #5D4311
Tetradic#43115D, #5D1D11, #2B5D11

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#59CBE1
Lighter +30%#2EBED9
Lighter +20%#219CB3
Lighter +10%#197788
Darker −10%#092B32
Darker −20%#010607
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#035A6B
Less saturated −25%#1F484F

Channel breakdown

R17
G81
B93
Red17 (6.7%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue189.47°
Saturation (HSL)69.09%
Lightness21.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 11 · G 51 · B 5D

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