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Recognised as Colour

#5049BE

  • #5049BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#5049BE is a blue with RGB values 80, 73, 190 and HSL 244°, 47%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#5049BE#5049BE
HEX#5049BE
RGBrgb(80, 73, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.2863, 0.7451
RGB percentages31.4%, 28.6%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(243.6, 47.4%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.6, 61.6%, 74.5%)
CMYK57.9%, 61.6%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,261,758
CSS custom property--colour: #5049BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.91:1
Contrast with white6.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#AFB641

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Tritanopia#0C667Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 7.8Royal blue · ΔE 14.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.9Medium purple · ΔE 19.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7BE49
Analogous#497CBE, #8B49BE
Triadic#BE5049, #49BE50
Split complementary#BE8B49, #7CBE49
Tetradic#BE497C, #B7BE49, #49BE8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1DFF4
Lighter +30%#BCBAE6
Lighter +20%#9894D9
Lighter +10%#746FCB
Darker −10%#3E389C
Darker −20%#2F2A77
Darker −30%#201D51
Darker −40%#11102B
More saturated +25%#352ADD
Less saturated −25%#6B689F

Channel breakdown

R80
G73
B190
Red80 (31.4%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue243.59°
Saturation (HSL)47.37%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 49 · B BE

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