Colour

#005EFA

#005EFA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#005EFA is a blue with RGB values 0, 94, 250 and HSL 217°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#005EFA#005EFA

HEX#005EFA

RGBrgb(0, 94, 250)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3686, 0.9804

RGB percentages0%, 36.9%, 98%

HSLhsl(217.4, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(217.4, 100%, 98%)

CMYK100%, 62.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer24,314

CSS custom property--colour: #005EFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1

Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#FFA105

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0077FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0061F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#0088A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.2 Royal blue · ΔE 21.7 Slate blue · ΔE 25.5 Blue violet · ΔE 32.7 Medium purple · ΔE 34.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 35.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 19.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FA9C00

Analogous#00DBFA, #1F00FA

Triadic#FA005E, #5EFA00

Split complementary#FA1F00, #DBFA00

Tetradic#FA00DB, #FA9C00, #00FA1F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C7DCFF

Lighter +30%#94BCFF

Lighter +20%#619CFF

Lighter +10%#2E7DFF

Darker −10%#004BC7

Darker −20%#003894

Darker −30%#002461

Darker −40%#00112E

More saturated +25%#005EFA

Less saturated −25%#1F66DB

Channel breakdown

G94

B250

Red0 (0%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue217.44°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5E · B FA

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