Colour

#15201C

#15201C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#15201C is a cyan with RGB values 21, 32, 28 and HSL 158°, 21%, 10%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#15201C#15201C

HEX#15201C

RGBrgb(21, 32, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.1255, 0.1098

RGB percentages8.2%, 12.5%, 11%

HSLhsl(158.2, 20.8%, 10.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(158.2, 34.4%, 12.5%)

CMYK34.4%, 0%, 12.5%, 87.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,384,476

CSS custom property--colour: #15201C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01276WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness28.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.73:1

Contrast with white16.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#EADFE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1F1F1Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#1D1D1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Tritanopia#12201Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 12.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.5 Dim grey · ΔE 33.9 Gray · ΔE 42.9 Slate grey · ΔE 43.5 Teal · ΔE 44.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 12.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#201519

Analogous#152016, #151E20

Triadic#1C1520, #201C15

Split complementary#20151E, #201615

Tetradic#171520, #201519, #1E2015

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#669B88

Lighter +30%#527C6D

Lighter +20%#3D5E52

Lighter +10%#293F37

Darker −10%#010101

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0E271E

Less saturated −25%#1A1A1A

Channel breakdown

R21

G32

B28

Red21 (8.2%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue158.18°

Saturation (HSL)20.75%

Lightness10.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 15 · G 20 · B 1C

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