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Recognised as Colour

#005FE5

  • #005FE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#005FE5 is a blue with RGB values 0, 95, 229 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

#005FE5#005FE5
HEX#005FE5
RGBrgb(0, 95, 229)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3725, 0.898
RGB percentages0%, 37.3%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(215.1, 100%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.1, 100%, 89.8%)
CMYK100%, 58.5%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer24,549
CSS custom property--colour: #005FE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13842WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.57:1
Contrast with white5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#FFA01A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#008299no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 10Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.3Slate blue · ΔE 17.3Medium purple · ΔE 27.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 10, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E58600
Analogous#00D2E5, #1300E5
Triadic#E5005F, #5FE500
Split complementary#E51400, #D2E500
Tetradic#E500D2, #E58600, #00E513

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B2D2FF
Lighter +30%#7FB4FF
Lighter +20%#4C96FF
Lighter +10%#1978FF
Darker −10%#004AB2
Darker −20%#00357F
Darker −30%#00204C
Darker −40%#000A19
More saturated +25%#005FE5
Less saturated −25%#1D64C8

Channel breakdown

R0
G95
B229
Red0 (0%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue215.11°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 5F · B E5

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