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Recognised as Colour

#5074AE

  • #5074AE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#5074AE is a blue with RGB values 80, 116, 174 and HSL 217°, 37%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#5074AE#5074AE
HEX#5074AE
RGBrgb(80, 116, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.4549, 0.6824
RGB percentages31.4%, 45.5%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(217, 37%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217, 54%, 68.2%)
CMYK54%, 33.3%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,272,750
CSS custom property--colour: #5074AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17252WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.72:1
Contrast with white4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#AF8B51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D78B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#516FADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#1C8189no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 9.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.3Slate grey · ΔE 25.4Light slate grey · ΔE 25.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE8A50
Analogous#50A3AE, #5B50AE
Triadic#AE5074, #74AE50
Split complementary#AE5B50, #A3AE50
Tetradic#AE50A3, #AE8A50, #50AE5B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBE3EF
Lighter +30%#B8C7DF
Lighter +20%#96ABCE
Lighter +10%#7390BE
Darker −10%#405D8B
Darker −20%#304568
Darker −30%#202E45
Darker −40%#101722
More saturated +25%#306DCE
Less saturated −25%#707B8E

Channel breakdown

R80
G116
B174
Red80 (31.4%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue217.02°
Saturation (HSL)37.01%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 74 · B AE

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