Colour

#005FF3

#005FF3
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#005FF3 is a blue with RGB values 0, 95, 243 and HSL 217°, 100%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#005FF3#005FF3

HEX#005FF3

RGBrgb(0, 95, 243)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3725, 0.9529

RGB percentages0%, 37.3%, 95.3%

HSLhsl(216.5, 100%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(216.5, 100%, 95.3%)

CMYK100%, 60.9%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer24,563

CSS custom property--colour: #005FF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14655WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.34:1

Contrast with white5.34:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#FFA00C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0075F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0061F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#0086A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.1 Royal blue · ΔE 17.2 Slate blue · ΔE 22.1 Medium purple · ΔE 31.4 Dodgerblue · ΔE 33.2 Blue violet · ΔE 35.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 17.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F39400

Analogous#00D9F3, #1A00F3

Triadic#F3005F, #5FF300

Split complementary#F31A00, #D9F300

Tetradic#F300D9, #F39400, #00F31A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C0D9FF

Lighter +30%#8DBAFF

Lighter +20%#5A9BFF

Lighter +10%#277BFF

Darker −10%#004BC0

Darker −20%#00378D

Darker −30%#00235A

Darker −40%#000F27

More saturated +25%#005FF3

Less saturated −25%#1E66D5

Channel breakdown

G95

B243

Red0 (0%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue243 (95.3%)

Hue216.54°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5F · B F3

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Colour values

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