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Recognised as Colour

#05124C

  • #05124C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#05124C is a blue with RGB values 5, 18, 76 and HSL 229°, 88%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#05124C#05124C
HEX#05124C
RGBrgb(5, 18, 76)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0706, 0.298
RGB percentages2%, 7.1%, 29.8%
HSLhsl(229, 87.7%, 15.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229, 93.4%, 29.8%)
CMYK93.4%, 76.3%, 0%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer332,364
CSS custom property--colour: #05124C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00987WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness29.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.54:1
Contrast with white17.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#FAEDB3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001D4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#00164Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00222Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 18.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 34.4Indigo · ΔE 37.1Navy · ΔE 38.9Black · ΔE 43.2
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 18.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4C3F05
Analogous#05354C, #1C054C
Triadic#4C0512, #124C05
Split complementary#4C1B05, #364C05
Tetradic#4C0535, #4C3F05, #054C1B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#2C50F1
Lighter +30%#0E34DC
Lighter +20%#0B29AC
Lighter +10%#081D7C
Darker −10%#02071C
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000F51
Less saturated −25%#0F1842

Channel breakdown

R5
G18
B76
Red5 (2%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue76 (29.8%)
Hue229.01°
Saturation (HSL)87.65%
Lightness15.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 12 · B 4C

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