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Recognised as Colour

#071517

  • #071517
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#071517 is a cyan with RGB values 7, 21, 23 and HSL 188°, 53%, 6%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#071517#071517
HEX#071517
RGBrgb(7, 21, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.0824, 0.0902
RGB percentages2.7%, 8.2%, 9%
HSLhsl(187.5, 53.3%, 5.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.5, 69.6%, 9%)
CMYK69.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 91%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer464,151
CSS custom property--colour: #071517;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00643WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness18.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.61:1
Contrast with white18.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#121212
Inverted#F8EAE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#131417no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#101217no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#021616no 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 text18.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 7.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.6Dim grey · ΔE 38.9Slate grey · ΔE 47.7Gray · ΔE 48Teal · ΔE 49.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 7.73, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#170907
Analogous#071711, #070D17
Triadic#170715, #151707
Split complementary#17070D, #171107
Tetradic#110717, #170907, #0D1707

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#37A4B3
Lighter +30%#2B808C
Lighter +20%#1F5C65
Lighter +10%#13393E
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#03181B
Less saturated −25%#0B1213

Channel breakdown

R7
G21
B23
Red7 (2.7%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue187.5°
Saturation (HSL)53.33%
Lightness5.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 15 · B 17

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