Recognised as Colour

#0537CA

#0537CA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#0537CA is a blue with RGB values 5, 55, 202 and HSL 225°, 95%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#0537CA#0537CA

HEX#0537CA

RGBrgb(5, 55, 202)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.2157, 0.7922

RGB percentages2%, 21.6%, 79.2%

HSLhsl(224.8, 95.2%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.8, 97.5%, 79.2%)

CMYK97.5%, 72.8%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer341,962

CSS custom property--colour: #0537CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.73:1

Contrast with white8.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#FAC835

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0054CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0042C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00627Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 20.3 Navy · ΔE 23.4 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.4 Slate blue · ΔE 26.1 Medium blue · ΔE 26.7 Blue violet · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 20.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CA9805

Analogous#059ACA, #3505CA

Triadic#CA0537, #37CA05

Split complementary#CA3505, #9ACA05

Tetradic#CA059A, #CA9805, #05CA35

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9EB6FD

Lighter +30%#6D91FB

Lighter +20%#3B6BFA

Lighter +10%#0946F9

Darker −10%#042998

Darker −20%#031C66

Darker −30%#010E35

Darker −40%#000103

More saturated +25%#0035CF

Less saturated −25%#1F44B0

Channel breakdown

G55

B202

Red5 (2%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue202 (79.2%)

Hue224.77°

Saturation (HSL)95.17%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G 37 · B CA

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