Colour

#005FCE

#005FCE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#005FCE is a blue with RGB values 0, 95, 206 and HSL 212°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#005FCE#005FCE

HEX#005FCE

RGBrgb(0, 95, 206)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3725, 0.8078

RGB percentages0%, 37.3%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(212.3, 100%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(212.3, 100%, 80.8%)

CMYK100%, 53.9%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer24,526

CSS custom property--colour: #005FCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12641WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness100.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.95:1

Contrast with white5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#FFA031

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006CD2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#005CCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#007B8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 8.1 Slate blue · ΔE 16.8 Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.8 Medium purple · ΔE 24.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 8.11, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CE6F00

Analogous#00C6CE, #0800CE

Triadic#CE005F, #5FCE00

Split complementary#CE0800, #C6CE00

Tetradic#CE00C6, #CE6F00, #00CE08

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9BC9FF

Lighter +30%#68AEFF

Lighter +20%#3592FF

Lighter +10%#0277FF

Darker −10%#00479B

Darker −20%#003068

Darker −30%#001835

Darker −40%#000102

More saturated +25%#005FCE

Less saturated −25%#1A61B4

Channel breakdown

G95

B206

Red0 (0%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue212.33°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5F · B CE

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