Recognised as Colour

#12262A

#12262A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#12262A is a cyan with RGB values 18, 38, 42 and HSL 190°, 40%, 12%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#12262A

RGBrgb(18, 38, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.149, 0.1647

RGB percentages7.1%, 14.9%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(190, 40%, 11.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190, 57.1%, 16.5%)

CMYK57.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 83.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,189,418

CSS custom property--colour: #12262A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness33.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.71:1

Contrast with white15.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#EDD9D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#23252Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#1F222Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Tritanopia#062827no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 16.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.3 Dim grey · ΔE 31.8 Slate grey · ΔE 39.7 Gray · ΔE 40.8 Teal · ΔE 41.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 16.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A1612

Analogous#122A22, #121A2A

Triadic#2A1226, #262A12

Split complementary#2A121A, #2A2212

Tetradic#22122A, #2A1612, #1A2A12

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#53A5B5

Lighter +30%#408795

Lighter +20%#316771

Lighter +10%#21464E

Darker −10%#030606

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0B2B31

Less saturated −25%#192122

Channel breakdown

R18

G38

B42

Red18 (7.1%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue190°

Saturation (HSL)40%

Lightness11.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 12 · G 26 · B 2A

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