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Recognised as Colour

#002231

  • #002231
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#002231 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 34, 49 and HSL 198°, 100%, 10%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#002231#002231
HEX#002231
RGBrgb(0, 34, 49)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.1333, 0.1922
RGB percentages0%, 13.3%, 19.2%
HSLhsl(198.4, 100%, 9.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.4, 100%, 19.2%)
CMYK100%, 30.6%, 0%, 80.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,753
CSS custom property--colour: #002231;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness30.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.49:1
Contrast with white16.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#FFDDCE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1A2232no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#141D31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#002627no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 18.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.6Dim grey · ΔE 35.7Slate grey · ΔE 41.3Teal · ΔE 43.6Gray · ΔE 44.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 18.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#310F00
Analogous#003128, #000931
Triadic#310022, #223100
Split complementary#310009, #312800
Tetradic#280031, #310F00, #093100

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#00B0FD
Lighter +30%#008CCA
Lighter +20%#006997
Lighter +10%#004564
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#002231
Less saturated −25%#06202B

Channel breakdown

R0
G34
B49
Red0 (0%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue49 (19.2%)
Hue198.37°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness9.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 22 · B 31

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