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Recognised as Colour

#12516C

  • #12516C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#12516C is a cyan with RGB values 18, 81, 108 and HSL 198°, 71%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#12516C#12516C
HEX#12516C
RGBrgb(18, 81, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.3176, 0.4235
RGB percentages7.1%, 31.8%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(198, 71.4%, 24.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198, 83.3%, 42.4%)
CMYK83.3%, 25%, 0%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,200,492
CSS custom property--colour: #12516C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.68:1
Contrast with white8.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#EDAE93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#43506Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#37486Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00585Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 23.8Slate grey · ΔE 24.3Dim grey · ΔE 26Light slate grey · ΔE 26.8Teal · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 17.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6C2D12
Analogous#126C5A, #12246C
Triadic#6C1251, #516C12
Split complementary#6C1224, #6C5A12
Tetradic#5A126C, #6C2D12, #246C12

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#65BFE5
Lighter +30%#39ADDE
Lighter +20%#2193C3
Lighter +10%#197298
Darker −10%#0B3040
Darker −20%#030F15
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#02577C
Less saturated −25%#224B5C

Channel breakdown

R18
G81
B108
Red18 (7.1%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue198°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness24.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 12 · G 51 · B 6C

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