Colour

#005AED

#005AED
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#005AED is a blue with RGB values 0, 90, 237 and HSL 217°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#005AED#005AED

HEX#005AED

RGBrgb(0, 90, 237)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3529, 0.9294

RGB percentages0%, 35.3%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(217.2, 100%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(217.2, 100%, 92.9%)

CMYK100%, 62%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer23,277

CSS custom property--colour: #005AED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.7:1

Contrast with white5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#FFA512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0071F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#005DEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#00819Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.2 Royal blue · ΔE 17.7 Slate blue · ΔE 21.6 Medium purple · ΔE 31.5 Dark blue · ΔE 33.8 Blue violet · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 17.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ED9300

Analogous#00D1ED, #1C00ED

Triadic#ED005A, #5AED00

Split complementary#ED1C00, #D1ED00

Tetradic#ED00D1, #ED9300, #00ED1C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BAD4FF

Lighter +30%#87B5FF

Lighter +20%#5495FF

Lighter +10%#2175FF

Darker −10%#0047BA

Darker −20%#003387

Darker −30%#002054

Darker −40%#000D21

More saturated +25%#005AED

Less saturated −25%#1E61CF

Channel breakdown

G90

B237

Red0 (0%)

Green90 (35.3%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue217.22°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5A · B ED

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