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Recognised as Colour

#005BEC

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

#005BEC is a blue with RGB values 0, 91, 236 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 Royal blue.

Colour values

#005BEC#005BEC
HEX#005BEC
RGBrgb(0, 91, 236)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3569, 0.9255
RGB percentages0%, 35.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(216.9, 100%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.9, 100%, 92.5%)
CMYK100%, 61.4%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer23,532
CSS custom property--colour: #005BEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.66:1
Contrast with white5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#FFA413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#005DE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00819Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 16.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.8Slate blue · ΔE 20.8Medium purple · ΔE 30.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 33.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 16.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9100
Analogous#00D1EC, #1B00EC
Triadic#EC005B, #5BEC00
Split complementary#EC1B00, #D1EC00
Tetradic#EC00D1, #EC9100, #00EC1B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9D4FF
Lighter +30%#86B5FF
Lighter +20%#5395FF
Lighter +10%#2076FF
Darker −10%#0047B9
Darker −20%#003486
Darker −30%#002053
Darker −40%#000C20
More saturated +25%#005BEC
Less saturated −25%#1D62CF

Channel breakdown

R0
G91
B236
Red0 (0%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue216.86°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 5B · B EC

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