#051616

Color #051616

A moderately saturated very dark cyan.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 8.44 Nearest Tailwind class mist-900 #161b1d · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#051616

RGB

rgb(5, 22, 22)

HSL

hsl(180, 63%, 5.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 77.3%, 8.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(77.3%, 0%, 0%, 91.4%)

LAB

lab(6, -5.6, -1.97)

LCH

lch(6, 5.94, 199.38)

OKLCH

oklch(18.5%, 0.0236, 195.21)

HWB

hwb(180, 2%, 91.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#160505

Analogous

#05160e

#051616

#050e16

Triadic

#051616

#160516

#161605

Split-complementary

#051616

#16050e

#160e05

Tetradic

#051616

#050516

#160505

#161605

Square

#051616

#0e0516

#160505

#0e1605

Shades

Color #051616 mixed toward black.

#041212

#030f0f

#030b0b

#020707

#010404

Tints

Color #051616 mixed toward white.

#145858

#239999

#3ad2d2

#7ce1e1

#bdf0f0

Tones

Color #051616 mixed toward gray.

#061515

#081313

#091212

#0b1010

#0c0f0f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.13:1

White text reads better on this background (18.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0e0e16 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#0d0b16 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#061616 · ΔE 0.3

Achromatopsia

#131313 · ΔE 7.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #051616;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#051616]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#051616 (#051616) is rgb(5, 22, 22) in RGB.

No, #051616 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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