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Recognised as Colour

#12282F

  • #12282F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#12282F is a cyan with RGB values 18, 40, 47 and HSL 194°, 45%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#12282F#12282F
HEX#12282F
RGBrgb(18, 40, 47)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.1569, 0.1843
RGB percentages7.1%, 15.7%, 18.4%
HSLhsl(194.5, 44.6%, 12.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.5, 61.7%, 18.4%)
CMYK61.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 81.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,189,935
CSS custom property--colour: #12282F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness35.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.33:1
Contrast with white15.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#EDD7D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#24272Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#1F242Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#032A2Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 17.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 17.8Dim grey · ΔE 31.2Slate grey · ΔE 38.5Gray · ΔE 40.1Teal · ΔE 40.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 17.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2F1912
Analogous#122F27, #121A2F
Triadic#2F1228, #282F12
Split complementary#2F121A, #2F2812
Tetradic#27122F, #2F1912, #192F12

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#51A2BC
Lighter +30%#3C869E
Lighter +20%#2E6779
Lighter +10%#204754
Darker −10%#04090A
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0A2C37
Less saturated −25%#1A2427

Channel breakdown

R18
G40
B47
Red18 (7.1%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue47 (18.4%)
Hue194.48°
Saturation (HSL)44.62%
Lightness12.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 12 · G 28 · B 2F

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