Information about #022022 color

#022022 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#022022 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(2, 32, 34) — 0.8% red, 12.5% green, 13.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 1 / 0 / 87. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#022022 is a pure, full-strength water-like cyan that keeps to the darkest edge of the palette. In practice it works well for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Very Deep Cyan (#001D1D). Slightly further away sit Elizabeth Street (#0A1F17) and Ornella Blue (#021224).

The recipe behind #022022 is rgb(2, 32, 34), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #022022: 17.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.2:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:87) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#022022 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#022022 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #022022

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Ornella Blue color link
Ornella Blue

#021224

Burnham color link
Burnham

#002E20

Aztec color link
Aztec

#0D1C19

Daintree color link
Daintree

#012731

Maystone color link
Maystone

#0E2A2A

COSMIC ACE color link
COSMIC ACE

#0B1021

Bush color link
Bush

#0D2E1C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#022022
  • RGB2, 32, 34
  • CMYK13, 1, 0, 87
  • CSSrgb(2, 32, 34)
  • HSL184°, 89%, 7%
  • HSL Precise183.75°, 88.889%, 7.059%
  • HSV184°, 94%, 13%
  • HSB184°, 94%, 13%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.008
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.125
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.133
  • GLSLvec3(0.008, 0.125, 0.133)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.008, 0.125, 0.133, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.008, 0.125, 0.133)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB0.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB12.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB13.3%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Dark
  • HEX ID022022
  • DECIMAL ID139298
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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