Recognised as Colour

#051112

#051112
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#051112 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 17, 18 and HSL 185°, 57%, 5%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#051112#051112

HEX#051112

RGBrgb(5, 17, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0667, 0.0706

RGB percentages2%, 6.7%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(184.6, 56.5%, 4.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.6, 72.2%, 7.1%)

CMYK72.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 92.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer332,050

CSS custom property--colour: #051112;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00477WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness14.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.17:1

Contrast with white19.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#0F0F0F

Inverted#FAEEED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0F1012no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0D0E12no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#011211no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 5.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.3 Dim grey · ΔE 40.3 Slate grey · ΔE 49.3 Gray · ΔE 49.4 Teal · ΔE 51.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 5.73, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#120605

Analogous#05120C, #050B12

Triadic#120511, #111205

Split complementary#12050B, #120C05

Tetradic#0C0512, #120605, #0B1205

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#31A8B2

Lighter +30%#26828A

Lighter +20%#1B5C62

Lighter +10%#10373A

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#021315

Less saturated −25%#080F0F

Channel breakdown

G17

B18

Red5 (2%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue184.62°

Saturation (HSL)56.52%

Lightness4.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G 11 · B 12

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