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Recognised as Colour

#056BDF

  • #056BDF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#056BDF is a blue with RGB values 5, 107, 223 and HSL 212°, 96%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#056BDF#056BDF
HEX#056BDF
RGBrgb(5, 107, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.4196, 0.8745
RGB percentages2%, 42%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(211.9, 95.6%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.9, 97.8%, 87.5%)
CMYK97.8%, 52%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer355,295
CSS custom property--colour: #056BDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15875WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.03:1
Contrast with white5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#FA9420

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0C78E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00889Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 6.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 16.1Slate blue · ΔE 18.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 22Medium purple · ΔE 24.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 6.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF7905
Analogous#05D8DF, #0C05DF
Triadic#DF056B, #6BDF05
Split complementary#DF0C05, #D8DF05
Tetradic#DF05D8, #DF7905, #05DF0C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B3D6FD
Lighter +30%#81BBFC
Lighter +20%#4F9FFB
Lighter +10%#1D84FA
Darker −10%#0453AD
Darker −20%#033B7B
Darker −30%#022349
Darker −40%#010B17
More saturated +25%#006BE4
Less saturated −25%#226DC3

Channel breakdown

R5
G107
B223
Red5 (2%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue211.93°
Saturation (HSL)95.61%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 6B · B DF

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