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Recognised as Colour

#056B8D

  • #056B8D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#056B8D is a cyan with RGB values 5, 107, 141 and HSL 195°, 93%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#056B8D#056B8D
HEX#056B8D
RGBrgb(5, 107, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.4196, 0.5529
RGB percentages2%, 42%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(195, 93.2%, 28.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 96.5%, 55.3%)
CMYK96.5%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer355,213
CSS custom property--colour: #056B8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.01:1
Contrast with white6.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#FA9472

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#59698Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#495E8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#007476no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 15Slate grey · ΔE 21.5Light slate grey · ΔE 22.9Teal · ΔE 24.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.6Dark cyan · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 15.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8D2705
Analogous#058D6B, #05278D
Triadic#8D056B, #6B8D05
Split complementary#8D0527, #8D6B05
Tetradic#6B058D, #8D2705, #278D05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#64D4FA
Lighter +30%#33C7F8
Lighter +20%#08B6F0
Lighter +10%#0790BE
Darker −10%#03465C
Darker −20%#02202A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006E92
Less saturated −25%#17627B

Channel breakdown

R5
G107
B141
Red5 (2%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)93.15%
Lightness28.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 6B · B 8D

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