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Recognised as Colour

#005FE3

  • #005FE3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#005FE3 is a blue with RGB values 0, 95, 227 and HSL 215°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#005FE3#005FE3
HEX#005FE3
RGBrgb(0, 95, 227)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3725, 0.8902
RGB percentages0%, 37.3%, 89%
HSLhsl(214.9, 100%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.9, 100%, 89%)
CMYK100%, 58.1%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer24,547
CSS custom property--colour: #005FE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.61:1
Contrast with white5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#FFA01C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#008198no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 9.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.5Slate blue · ΔE 16.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.3Medium purple · ΔE 26.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E38400
Analogous#00D1E3, #1300E3
Triadic#E3005F, #5FE300
Split complementary#E31200, #D1E300
Tetradic#E300D0, #E38400, #00E312

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0D1FF
Lighter +30%#7DB3FF
Lighter +20%#4A96FF
Lighter +10%#1778FF
Darker −10%#004AB0
Darker −20%#00347D
Darker −30%#001F4A
Darker −40%#000A17
More saturated +25%#005FE3
Less saturated −25%#1C64C7

Channel breakdown

R0
G95
B227
Red0 (0%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue214.89°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 5F · B E3

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