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Recognised as Colour

#056BEC

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

#056BEC is a blue with RGB values 5, 107, 236 and HSL 214°, 96%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#056BEC#056BEC
HEX#056BEC
RGBrgb(5, 107, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.4196, 0.9255
RGB percentages2%, 42%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(213.5, 95.9%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.5, 97.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK97.9%, 54.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer355,308
CSS custom property--colour: #056BEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16604WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.86:1
Contrast with white4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#FA9413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007BF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0068EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#008CA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 6.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.9Slate blue · ΔE 18Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.6Medium purple · ΔE 25.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 6.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC8605
Analogous#05DFEC, #1205EC
Triadic#EC056B, #6BEC05
Split complementary#EC1205, #DFEC05
Tetradic#EC05DF, #EC8605, #05EC12

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BFDBFE
Lighter +30%#8DBFFD
Lighter +20%#5BA2FC
Lighter +10%#2A86FA
Darker −10%#0454BA
Darker −20%#033E88
Darker −30%#022756
Darker −40%#011024
More saturated +25%#006AF1
Less saturated −25%#236FCE

Channel breakdown

R5
G107
B236
Red5 (2%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue213.51°
Saturation (HSL)95.85%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 6B · B EC

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