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Recognised as Colour

#050DCB

  • #050DCB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#050DCB is a blue with RGB values 5, 13, 203 and HSL 238°, 95%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#050DCB#050DCB
HEX#050DCB
RGBrgb(5, 13, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.051, 0.7961
RGB percentages2%, 5.1%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(237.6, 95.2%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.6, 97.5%, 79.6%)
CMYK97.5%, 93.6%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer331,211
CSS custom property--colour: #050DCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04632WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.9:1
Contrast with white10.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#191919
Inverted#FAF234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0047D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0032C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#005577no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 4Blue violet · ΔE 22.7Blue · ΔE 25Dark violet · ΔE 26.5Dark blue · ΔE 26.9Navy · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 4, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBC305
Analogous#0570CB, #6005CB
Triadic#CB050D, #0DCB05
Split complementary#CB6005, #70CB05
Tetradic#CB0570, #CBC305, #05CB60

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9FA3FD
Lighter +30%#6E73FB
Lighter +20%#3C43FA
Lighter +10%#0A14F9
Darker −10%#040A99
Darker −20%#030767
Darker −30%#010336
Darker −40%#000004
More saturated +25%#0008D0
Less saturated −25%#1F25B1

Channel breakdown

R5
G13
B203
Red5 (2%)
Green13 (5.1%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue237.58°
Saturation (HSL)95.19%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 0D · B CB

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