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Recognised as Colour

#05005D

  • #05005D
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#05005D is a blue with RGB values 5, 0, 93 and HSL 243°, 100%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#05005D#05005D
HEX#05005D
RGBrgb(5, 0, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0, 0.3647
RGB percentages2%, 0%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(243.2, 100%, 18.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.2, 100%, 36.5%)
CMYK94.6%, 100%, 0%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer327,773
CSS custom property--colour: #05005D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00823WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness31.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.03:1
Contrast with white18.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#080808
Inverted#FAFFA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001B5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#00115Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Tritanopia#002233no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text18.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.6Navy · ΔE 17.6Indigo · ΔE 19.1Dark blue · ΔE 22.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#585D00
Analogous#00295D, #33005D
Triadic#5D0500, #005D05
Split complementary#5D3400, #295D00
Tetradic#5D002A, #585D00, #005D34

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#352AFF
Lighter +30%#0D00F6
Lighter +20%#0A00C3
Lighter +10%#080090
Darker −10%#02002A
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#05005D
Less saturated −25%#0F0C51

Channel breakdown

R5
G0
B93
Red5 (2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue243.23°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness18.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 00 · B 5D

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