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Recognised as Colour

#05569F

  • #05569F
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#05569F is a blue with RGB values 5, 86, 159 and HSL 208°, 94%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#05569F#05569F
HEX#05569F
RGBrgb(5, 86, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.3373, 0.6235
RGB percentages2%, 33.7%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(208.4, 93.9%, 32.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.4, 96.9%, 62.4%)
CMYK96.9%, 45.9%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer349,855
CSS custom property--colour: #05569F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09191WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.4:1
Contrast with white7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#FAA960

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2E5CA2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#05509Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#006872no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.6Steel blue · ΔE 23.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.3Royal blue · ΔE 29.5Midnight blue · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 19.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F4E05
Analogous#059F9B, #05099F
Triadic#9F0556, #569F05
Split complementary#9F0509, #9F9B05
Tetradic#9B059F, #9F4E05, #099F05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#75BBFB
Lighter +30%#44A3F9
Lighter +20%#128BF8
Lighter +10%#0771D0
Darker −10%#033B6E
Darker −20%#02213C
Darker −30%#00060B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0056A4
Less saturated −25%#1A558B

Channel breakdown

R5
G86
B159
Red5 (2%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue208.44°
Saturation (HSL)93.9%
Lightness32.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 56 · B 9F

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