Recognised as Colour

#005E8B

#005E8B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#005E8B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 94, 139 and HSL 199°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#005E8B#005E8B

HEX#005E8B

RGBrgb(0, 94, 139)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3686, 0.5451

RGB percentages0%, 36.9%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(199.4, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(199.4, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK100%, 32.4%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer24,203

CSS custom property--colour: #005E8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness86 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.06:1

Contrast with white7.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#FFA174

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#485F8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#36538Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00696Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 15 Slate grey · ΔE 26.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 27.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 29 Dim grey · ΔE 32.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 33.9

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 15.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B2D00

Analogous#008B72, #00198B

Triadic#8B005E, #5E8B00

Split complementary#8B0019, #8B7200

Tetradic#72008B, #8B2D00, #198B00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#58C9FF

Lighter +30%#25B8FF

Lighter +20%#00A3F1

Lighter +10%#0080BE

Darker −10%#003C58

Darker −20%#001925

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#005E8B

Less saturated −25%#11587A

Channel breakdown

G94

B139

Red0 (0%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue199.42°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5E · B 8B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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