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Recognised as Colour

#005E8D

  • #005E8D
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#005E8D is a blue with RGB values 0, 94, 141 and HSL 200°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#005E8D#005E8D
HEX#005E8D
RGBrgb(0, 94, 141)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3686, 0.5529
RGB percentages0%, 36.9%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(200, 100%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 100%, 55.3%)
CMYK100%, 33.3%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer24,205
CSS custom property--colour: #005E8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09928WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.03:1
Contrast with white7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#FFA172

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#475F8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#35548Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Tritanopia#006A6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 14.8Slate grey · ΔE 26.8Light slate grey · ΔE 28.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 32.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 14.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8D2F00
Analogous#008D76, #00178D
Triadic#8D005E, #5E8D00
Split complementary#8D0018, #8D7600
Tetradic#75008D, #8D2F00, #188D00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5AC8FF
Lighter +30%#27B7FF
Lighter +20%#00A2F3
Lighter +10%#0080C0
Darker −10%#003C5A
Darker −20%#001A27
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005E8D
Less saturated −25%#12587B

Channel breakdown

R0
G94
B141
Red0 (0%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 5E · B 8D

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