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Recognised as Colour

#507BCA

  • #507BCA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#507BCA is a blue with RGB values 80, 123, 202 and HSL 219°, 54%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#507BCA#507BCA
HEX#507BCA
RGBrgb(80, 123, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.4824, 0.7922
RGB percentages31.4%, 48.2%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(218.9, 53.5%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.9, 60.4%, 79.2%)
CMYK60.4%, 39.1%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,274,570
CSS custom property--colour: #507BCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20136WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.03:1
Contrast with white4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#AF8435

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5982CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4877C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#008D99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.6Steel blue · ΔE 19Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.4Royal blue · ΔE 26.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.1Medium purple · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA9F50
Analogous#50B8CA, #6250CA
Triadic#CA507B, #7BCA50
Split complementary#CA6250, #B8CA50
Tetradic#CA50B8, #CA9F50, #50CA62

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDF1F9
Lighter +30%#C5D4EE
Lighter +20%#9EB6E2
Lighter +10%#7799D6
Darker −10%#3661B1
Darker −20%#2A4C8A
Darker −30%#1E3663
Darker −40%#12213C
More saturated +25%#3473E7
Less saturated −25%#6D83AE

Channel breakdown

R80
G123
B202
Red80 (31.4%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue218.85°
Saturation (HSL)53.51%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 7B · B CA

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