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Recognised as Colour

#050F5E

  • #050F5E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#050F5E is a blue with RGB values 5, 15, 94 and HSL 233°, 90%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#050F5E#050F5E
HEX#050F5E
RGBrgb(5, 15, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0588, 0.3686
RGB percentages2%, 5.9%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(233.3, 89.9%, 19.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.3, 94.7%, 36.9%)
CMYK94.7%, 84%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer331,614
CSS custom property--colour: #050F5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01182WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness33.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.98:1
Contrast with white16.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#FAF0A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002160no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#00185Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#002836no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 6.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.3Indigo · ΔE 25Navy · ΔE 25.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 26Dark blue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 6.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E5405
Analogous#053B5E, #28055E
Triadic#5E050F, #0F5E05
Split complementary#5E2805, #3B5E05
Tetradic#5E053B, #5E5405, #055E28

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3A4FF5
Lighter +30%#0D26EF
Lighter +20%#0A1EBF
Lighter +10%#08178E
Darker −10%#02072E
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000B63
Less saturated −25%#111952

Channel breakdown

R5
G15
B94
Red5 (2%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue233.26°
Saturation (HSL)89.9%
Lightness19.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 0F · B 5E

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