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Recognised as Colour

#12505A

  • #12505A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#12505A is a cyan with RGB values 18, 80, 90 and HSL 188°, 67%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#12505A#12505A
HEX#12505A
RGBrgb(18, 80, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.3137, 0.3529
RGB percentages7.1%, 31.4%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(188.3, 66.7%, 21.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 80%, 35.3%)
CMYK80%, 11.1%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,200,218
CSS custom property--colour: #12505A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06604WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.05:1
Contrast with white9.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#EDAFA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#484D5Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E465Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#005453no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 8.5Teal · ΔE 22.3Dim grey · ΔE 23.3Slate grey · ΔE 25.6Dark cyan · ΔE 26.4Light slate grey · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A1C12
Analogous#125A40, #122C5A
Triadic#5A1250, #505A12
Split complementary#5A122C, #5A4012
Tetradic#40125A, #5A1C12, #2C5A12

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5ACCDE
Lighter +30%#30BED5
Lighter +20%#239CAF
Lighter +10%#1B7684
Darker −10%#0A2A30
Darker −20%#010405
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#055A68
Less saturated −25%#20464D

Channel breakdown

R18
G80
B90
Red18 (7.1%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue188.33°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness21.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 12 · G 50 · B 5A

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