Recognised as Colour

#0505DB

#0505DB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#0505DB is a blue with RGB values 5, 5, 219 and HSL 240°, 96%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#0505DB#0505DB

HEX#0505DB

RGBrgb(5, 5, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0196, 0.8588

RGB percentages2%, 2%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(240, 95.5%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 97.7%, 85.9%)

CMYK97.7%, 97.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer329,179

CSS custom property--colour: #0505DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05255WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.24:1

Contrast with white10.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#141414

Inverted#FAFA24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004CE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0035D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Tritanopia#005C80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 105.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 5.3 Blue · ΔE 16.3 Blue violet · ΔE 25.4 Dark violet · ΔE 28.7 Dark blue · ΔE 35.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 39.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 5.32, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DBDB05

Analogous#0570DB, #7005DB

Triadic#DB0505, #05DB05

Split complementary#DB7005, #70DB05

Tetradic#DB0570, #DBDB05, #05DB70

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AFAFFD

Lighter +30%#7D7DFC

Lighter +20%#4B4BFB

Lighter +10%#1919FA

Darker −10%#0404A9

Darker −20%#030377

Darker −30%#020245

Darker −40%#000014

More saturated +25%#0000E0

Less saturated −25%#2121BF

Channel breakdown

B219

Red5 (2%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)95.54%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G 05 · B DB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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