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Recognised as Colour

#0520D9

  • #0520D9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#0520D9 is a blue with RGB values 5, 32, 217 and HSL 232°, 95%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#0520D9#0520D9
HEX#0520D9
RGBrgb(5, 32, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.1255, 0.851
RGB percentages2%, 12.5%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(232.4, 95.5%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.4, 97.7%, 85.1%)
CMYK97.7%, 85.3%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer336,089
CSS custom property--colour: #0520D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.48:1
Contrast with white9.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#FADF26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003BD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Tritanopia#006081no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 7.2Blue violet · ΔE 21.9Blue · ΔE 24.6Dark violet · ΔE 27Dark blue · ΔE 28.9Dark orchid · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 7.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9BE05
Analogous#058AD9, #5405D9
Triadic#D90520, #20D905
Split complementary#D95405, #8AD905
Tetradic#D9058A, #D9BE05, #05D954

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ADB7FD
Lighter +30%#7B8BFC
Lighter +20%#4960FB
Lighter +10%#1734FA
Darker −10%#0419A7
Darker −20%#031175
Darker −30%#020A43
Darker −40%#000312
More saturated +25%#001CDE
Less saturated −25%#2135BD

Channel breakdown

R5
G32
B217
Red5 (2%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue232.36°
Saturation (HSL)95.5%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 20 · B D9

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