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Recognised as Colour

#005AE3

  • #005AE3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#005AE3 is a blue with RGB values 0, 90, 227 and HSL 216°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#005AE3#005AE3
HEX#005AE3
RGBrgb(0, 90, 227)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3529, 0.8902
RGB percentages0%, 35.3%, 89%
HSLhsl(216.2, 100%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.2, 100%, 89%)
CMYK100%, 60.4%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer23,267
CSS custom property--colour: #005AE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#FFA51C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#005BE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#007E96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 12.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.3Slate blue · ΔE 17.9Medium purple · ΔE 28.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 30.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 12.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E38900
Analogous#00CBE3, #1800E3
Triadic#E3005A, #5AE300
Split complementary#E31700, #CCE300
Tetradic#E300CB, #E38900, #00E318

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0CFFF
Lighter +30%#7DB1FF
Lighter +20%#4A92FF
Lighter +10%#1773FF
Darker −10%#0046B0
Darker −20%#00327D
Darker −30%#001D4A
Darker −40%#000917
More saturated +25%#005AE3
Less saturated −25%#1C60C7

Channel breakdown

R0
G90
B227
Red0 (0%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue216.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 5A · B E3

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