Recognised as Colour

#0E5AFE

#0E5AFE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#0E5AFE is a blue with RGB values 14, 90, 254 and HSL 221°, 99%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#0E5AFE

RGBrgb(14, 90, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.0549, 0.3529, 0.9961

RGB percentages5.5%, 35.3%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(221, 99.2%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221, 94.5%, 99.6%)

CMYK94.5%, 64.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer940,798

CSS custom property--colour: #0E5AFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.37:1

Contrast with white5.37:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#F1A501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0075FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original

Deuteranopia#0060FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#0087A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 22 Royal blue · ΔE 26.7 Slate blue · ΔE 29.2 Blue violet · ΔE 29.6 Medium blue · ΔE 32.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 34.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 22.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FEB20E

Analogous#0ED2FE, #3A0EFE

Triadic#FE0E5A, #5AFE0E

Split complementary#FE3A0E, #D2FE0E

Tetradic#FE0ED2, #FEB20E, #0EFE3A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9E5FF

Lighter +30%#A6C2FF

Lighter +20%#74A0FE

Lighter +10%#417DFE

Darker −10%#0145D8

Darker −20%#0135A5

Darker −30%#002573

Darker −40%#001440

More saturated +25%#0D5AFF

Less saturated −25%#2C65E0

Channel breakdown

R14

G90

B254

Red14 (5.5%)

Green90 (35.3%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue221°

Saturation (HSL)99.17%

Lightness52.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 0E · G 5A · B FE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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