Recognised as Colour

#12221F

#12221F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#12221F is a cyan with RGB values 18, 34, 31 and HSL 169°, 31%, 10%. 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

#12221F#12221F

HEX#12221F

RGBrgb(18, 34, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.1333, 0.1216

RGB percentages7.1%, 13.3%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(168.8, 30.8%, 10.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.8, 47.1%, 13.3%)

CMYK47.1%, 0%, 8.8%, 86.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,188,383

CSS custom property--colour: #12221F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness29.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.48:1

Contrast with white16.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#EDDDE0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#21201Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#1E1E1Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Tritanopia#0D2321no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 14 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.2 Dim grey · ΔE 33.5 Gray · ΔE 42.5 Slate grey · ΔE 42.7 Teal · ΔE 43

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 14.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#221215

Analogous#122217, #121D22

Triadic#1F1222, #221F12

Split complementary#22121D, #221712

Tetradic#171222, #221215, #1D2212

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#59A798

Lighter +30%#47867A

Lighter +20%#35655C

Lighter +10%#24433D

Darker −10%#000101

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0C2923

Less saturated −25%#181C1B

Channel breakdown

R18

G34

B31

Red18 (7.1%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue168.75°

Saturation (HSL)30.77%

Lightness10.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 12 · G 22 · B 1F

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