Colour

#05233F

#05233F
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#05233F is a blue with RGB values 5, 35, 63 and HSL 209°, 85%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#05233F#05233F

HEX#05233F

RGBrgb(5, 35, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.1373, 0.2471

RGB percentages2%, 13.7%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(209, 85.3%, 13.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(209, 92.1%, 24.7%)

CMYK92.1%, 44.4%, 0%, 75.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer336,703

CSS custom property--colour: #05233F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness34.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.93:1

Contrast with white15.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#FADCC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#152540no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0C203Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#002A2Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 24.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 37 Dim grey · ΔE 37.6 Slate grey · ΔE 41.1 Steel blue · ΔE 41.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 24.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3F2105

Analogous#053F3E, #05063F

Triadic#3F0523, #233F05

Split complementary#3F0506, #3F3E05

Tetradic#3E053F, #3F2105, #063F05

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#228BEE

Lighter +30%#1072CD

Lighter +20%#0C589E

Lighter +10%#093D6E

Darker −10%#010910

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002344

Less saturated −25%#0D2337

Channel breakdown

G35

B63

Red5 (2%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue208.97°

Saturation (HSL)85.29%

Lightness13.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G 23 · B 3F

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