Recognised as Colour

#051818

#051818
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#051818 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 24, 24 and HSL 180°, 66%, 6%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#051818

RGBrgb(5, 24, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0941, 0.0941

RGB percentages2%, 9.4%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(180, 65.5%, 5.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180, 79.2%, 9.4%)

CMYK79.2%, 0%, 0%, 90.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer333,848

CSS custom property--colour: #051818;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness20.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.26:1

Contrast with white18.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#141414

Inverted#FAE7E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#161618no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#131418no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#001918no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 9.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 25 Dim grey · ΔE 38.3 Slate grey · ΔE 47 Gray · ΔE 47.3 Teal · ΔE 47.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#180505

Analogous#05180F, #050F18

Triadic#180518, #181805

Split complementary#18050F, #180F05

Tetradic#0F0518, #180505, #0F1805

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#28C1C1

Lighter +30%#1F9797

Lighter +20%#176C6C

Lighter +10%#0E4242

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#011C1C

Less saturated −25%#091414

Channel breakdown

G24

B24

Red5 (2%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue180°

Saturation (HSL)65.52%

Lightness5.69%

Dominant channelGreen and Blue

Hex per channelR 05 · G 18 · B 18

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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