Recognised as Colour

#06059A

#06059A
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#06059A is a blue with RGB values 6, 5, 154 and HSL 240°, 94%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#06059A#06059A

HEX#06059A

RGBrgb(6, 5, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.0196, 0.6039

RGB percentages2.4%, 2%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(240.4, 93.7%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240.4, 96.8%, 60.4%)

CMYK96.1%, 96.8%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer394,650

CSS custom property--colour: #06059A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0248WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.04:1

Contrast with white14.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#101010

Inverted#F9FA65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00339Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#002398no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Tritanopia#003F59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 5.7 Navy · ΔE 10.9 Indigo · ΔE 19.8 Medium blue · ΔE 24.6 Blue violet · ΔE 29.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 5.73, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#999A05

Analogous#054E9A, #51059A

Triadic#9A0605, #059A06

Split complementary#9A5005, #4F9A05

Tetradic#9A054E, #999A05, #059A51

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7271FA

Lighter +30%#403FF9

Lighter +20%#0F0EF7

Lighter +10%#0807CB

Darker −10%#040369

Darker −20%#020237

Darker −30%#000006

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#01009F

Less saturated −25%#1A1986

Channel breakdown

B154

Red6 (2.4%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue240.4°

Saturation (HSL)93.71%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 06 · G 05 · B 9A

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