Colour

#050F55

#050F55
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#050F55 is a blue with RGB values 5, 15, 85 and HSL 233°, 89%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#050F55#050F55

HEX#050F55

RGBrgb(5, 15, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0588, 0.3333

RGB percentages2%, 5.9%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(232.5, 88.9%, 17.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(232.5, 94.1%, 33.3%)

CMYK94.1%, 82.4%, 0%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer331,605

CSS custom property--colour: #050F55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness31 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.41:1

Contrast with white17.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#121212

Inverted#FAF0AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001E57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#001654no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Tritanopia#002431no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 29.3 Indigo · ΔE 29.8 Navy · ΔE 30.9 Dark blue · ΔE 36

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#554B05

Analogous#053755, #230555

Triadic#55050F, #0F5505

Split complementary#552305, #375505

Tetradic#550537, #554B05, #055523

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#334BF3

Lighter +30%#0D28E5

Lighter +20%#0B20B5

Lighter +10%#081785

Darker −10%#020725

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#000B5A

Less saturated −25%#10174A

Channel breakdown

G15

B85

Red5 (2%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue232.5°

Saturation (HSL)88.89%

Lightness17.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G 0F · B 55

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