Colour

#005AF8

#005AF8
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#005AF8 is a blue with RGB values 0, 90, 248 and HSL 218°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#005AF8#005AF8

HEX#005AF8

RGBrgb(0, 90, 248)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3529, 0.9725

RGB percentages0%, 35.3%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(218.2, 100%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218.2, 100%, 97.3%)

CMYK100%, 63.7%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer23,288

CSS custom property--colour: #005AF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.5:1

Contrast with white5.5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#525252

Inverted#FFA507

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0074FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#005FF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#0085A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.82:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.1 Royal blue · ΔE 23.5 Slate blue · ΔE 26.5 Blue violet · ΔE 31.2 Medium blue · ΔE 34.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 34.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 20.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F89E00

Analogous#00D6F8, #2200F8

Triadic#F8005A, #5AF800

Split complementary#F82200, #D6F800

Tetradic#F800D6, #F89E00, #00F822

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C5DAFF

Lighter +30%#92BAFF

Lighter +20%#5F99FF

Lighter +10%#2C79FF

Darker −10%#0047C5

Darker −20%#003592

Darker −30%#00225F

Darker −40%#00102C

More saturated +25%#005AF8

Less saturated −25%#1F62D9

Channel breakdown

G90

B248

Red0 (0%)

Green90 (35.3%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue218.23°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5A · B F8

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