Recognised as Colour

#052EA8

#052EA8
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Navy

#052EA8 is a blue with RGB values 5, 46, 168 and HSL 225°, 94%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#052EA8#052EA8

HEX#052EA8

RGBrgb(5, 46, 168)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.1804, 0.6588

RGB percentages2%, 18%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(224.9, 94.2%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.9, 97%, 65.9%)

CMYK97%, 72.6%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer339,624

CSS custom property--colour: #052EA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.7:1

Contrast with white10.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#FAD157

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0046ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0036A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Tritanopia#005168no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 16.4 Dark blue · ΔE 16.8 Indigo · ΔE 20.4 Slate blue · ΔE 21.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 21.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 16.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A87F05

Analogous#057FA8, #2E05A8

Triadic#A8052E, #2EA805

Split complementary#A82E05, #7FA805

Tetradic#A8057F, #A87F05, #05A82E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7E9DFB

Lighter +30%#4C78FA

Lighter +20%#1B52F8

Lighter +10%#063CDA

Darker −10%#042076

Darker −20%#021345

Darker −30%#010513

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002CAD

Less saturated −25%#1B3992

Channel breakdown

G46

B168

Red5 (2%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue224.91°

Saturation (HSL)94.22%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G 2E · B A8

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