Colour

#005FEE

#005FEE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#005FEE is a blue with RGB values 0, 95, 238 and HSL 216°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#005FEE#005FEE

HEX#005FEE

RGBrgb(0, 95, 238)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3725, 0.9333

RGB percentages0%, 37.3%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(216.1, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(216.1, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK100%, 60.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer24,558

CSS custom property--colour: #005FEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.42:1

Contrast with white5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#FFA011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0074F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0060EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00859Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.87:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 14.6 Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.4 Slate blue · ΔE 20.1 Medium purple · ΔE 29.7 Dodgerblue · ΔE 31 Rebecca purple · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 14.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE8F00

Analogous#00D6EE, #1800EE

Triadic#EE005F, #5FEE00

Split complementary#EE1800, #D6EE00

Tetradic#EE00D6, #EE8F00, #00EE18

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BBD6FF

Lighter +30%#88B7FF

Lighter +20%#5599FF

Lighter +10%#227AFF

Darker −10%#004BBB

Darker −20%#003688

Darker −30%#002255

Darker −40%#000E22

More saturated +25%#005FEE

Less saturated −25%#1E65D0

Channel breakdown

G95

B238

Red0 (0%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue216.05°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5F · B EE

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