Colour

#005BF9

#005BF9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#005BF9 is a blue with RGB values 0, 91, 249 and HSL 218°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#005BF9#005BF9

HEX#005BF9

RGBrgb(0, 91, 249)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3569, 0.9765

RGB percentages0%, 35.7%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(218.1, 100%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218.1, 100%, 97.6%)

CMYK100%, 63.5%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer23,545

CSS custom property--colour: #005BF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.43:1

Contrast with white5.43:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#FFA406

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0074FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#005FF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Tritanopia#0086A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 20 Royal blue · ΔE 23.3 Slate blue · ΔE 26.5 Blue violet · ΔE 31.4 Medium blue · ΔE 34.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 20.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F99E00

Analogous#00D7F9, #2200F9

Triadic#F9005B, #5BF900

Split complementary#F92200, #D7F900

Tetradic#F900D7, #F99E00, #00F922

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C6DBFF

Lighter +30%#93BAFF

Lighter +20%#609AFF

Lighter +10%#2D7AFF

Darker −10%#0048C6

Darker −20%#003693

Darker −30%#002360

Darker −40%#00102D

More saturated +25%#005BF9

Less saturated −25%#1F63DA

Channel breakdown

G91

B249

Red0 (0%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue218.07°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5B · B F9

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