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Recognised as Colour

#005A8E

  • #005A8E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#005A8E is a blue with RGB values 0, 90, 142 and HSL 202°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#005A8E#005A8E
HEX#005A8E
RGBrgb(0, 90, 142)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3529, 0.5569
RGB percentages0%, 35.3%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(202, 100%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202, 100%, 55.7%)
CMYK100%, 36.6%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer23,182
CSS custom property--colour: #005A8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.36:1
Contrast with white7.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#FFA571

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#415C90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#2D518Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00676Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 16.3Slate grey · ΔE 29.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.8Light slate grey · ΔE 30.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 16.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E3400
Analogous#008E7B, #00138E
Triadic#8E005A, #5A8E00
Split complementary#8E0013, #8E7B00
Tetradic#7B008E, #8E3400, #138E00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5BC3FF
Lighter +30%#28B0FF
Lighter +20%#009BF4
Lighter +10%#007AC1
Darker −10%#003A5B
Darker −20%#001928
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005A8E
Less saturated −25%#12557C

Channel breakdown

R0
G90
B142
Red0 (0%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue201.97°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 5A · B 8E

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