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Recognised as Colour

#072525

  • #072525
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#072525 is a cyan with RGB values 7, 37, 37 and HSL 180°, 68%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#072525#072525
HEX#072525
RGBrgb(7, 37, 37)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.1451, 0.1451
RGB percentages2.7%, 14.5%, 14.5%
HSLhsl(180, 68.2%, 8.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 81.1%, 14.5%)
CMYK81.1%, 0%, 0%, 85.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer468,261
CSS custom property--colour: #072525;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01502WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness31.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.15:1
Contrast with white16.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F
Inverted#F8DADA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#222325no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#1D1F25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#002625no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 17Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.7Dim grey · ΔE 33.8Teal · ΔE 40.3Slate grey · ΔE 41.8Gray · ΔE 42.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 16.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#250707
Analogous#072516, #071625
Triadic#250725, #252507
Split complementary#250716, #251607
Tetradic#160725, #250707, #162507

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#27D1D1
Lighter +30%#1FA6A6
Lighter +20%#177B7B
Lighter +10%#0F5050
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#012B2B
Less saturated −25%#0D1F1F

Channel breakdown

R7
G37
B37
Red7 (2.7%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue37 (14.5%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)68.18%
Lightness8.63%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 25 · B 25

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