Recognised as Colour

#005FA0

#005FA0
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#005FA0 is a blue with RGB values 0, 95, 160 and HSL 204°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#005FA0#005FA0

HEX#005FA0

RGBrgb(0, 95, 160)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3725, 0.6275

RGB percentages0%, 37.3%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(204.4, 100%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(204.4, 100%, 62.7%)

CMYK100%, 40.6%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer24,480

CSS custom property--colour: #005FA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10722WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.68:1

Contrast with white6.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#FFA05F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E63A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Deuteranopia#25569Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Tritanopia#006F77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 17.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.5 Dodgerblue · ΔE 30.8 Slate grey · ΔE 34.3 Royal blue · ΔE 35

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 17.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A04100

Analogous#00A091, #000FA0

Triadic#A0005F, #5FA000

Split complementary#A0000F, #A09100

Tetradic#9100A0, #A04100, #0FA000

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6DC4FF

Lighter +30%#3AAFFF

Lighter +20%#079AFF

Lighter +10%#007DD3

Darker −10%#00416D

Darker −20%#00223A

Darker −30%#000407

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#005FA0

Less saturated −25%#145B8C

Channel breakdown

G95

B160

Red0 (0%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue204.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5F · B A0

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