Recognised as Colour

#0509D2

#0509D2
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#0509D2 is a blue with RGB values 5, 9, 210 and HSL 239°, 95%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#0509D2#0509D2

HEX#0509D2

RGBrgb(5, 9, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0353, 0.8235

RGB percentages2%, 3.5%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(238.8, 95.3%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(238.8, 97.6%, 82.4%)

CMYK97.6%, 95.7%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer330,194

CSS custom property--colour: #0509D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.63:1

Contrast with white10.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#FAF62D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0049D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0033CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original

Tritanopia#00587Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 100.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 1.6 Blue · ΔE 21 Blue violet · ΔE 23.6 Dark violet · ΔE 27.2 Dark blue · ΔE 30.7 Navy · ΔE 36

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 1.61, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D2CE05

Analogous#0570D2, #6705D2

Triadic#D20509, #09D205

Split complementary#D26705, #70D205

Tetradic#D20570, #D2CE05, #05D267

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A6A8FD

Lighter +30%#7477FC

Lighter +20%#4246FB

Lighter +10%#1115F9

Darker −10%#0407A0

Darker −20%#03056E

Darker −30%#01033D

Darker −40%#00000B

More saturated +25%#0004D7

Less saturated −25%#2023B7

Channel breakdown

B210

Red5 (2%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue238.83°

Saturation (HSL)95.35%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G 09 · B D2

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