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Recognised as Colour

#508BEB

  • #508BEB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#508BEB is a blue with RGB values 80, 139, 235 and HSL 217°, 79%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#508BEB#508BEB
HEX#508BEB
RGBrgb(80, 139, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.5451, 0.9216
RGB percentages31.4%, 54.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(217.2, 79.5%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.2, 66%, 92.2%)
CMYK66%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,278,699
CSS custom property--colour: #508BEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.23:1
Contrast with white3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#AF7414

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F94EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4785E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00A1AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 9.3Royal blue · ΔE 21.5Medium purple · ΔE 26.3Steel blue · ΔE 27.3Slate blue · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBB050
Analogous#50D9EB, #6250EB
Triadic#EB508B, #8BEB50
Split complementary#EB6250, #D9EB50
Tetradic#EB50D9, #EBB050, #50EB62

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D9E6FB
Lighter +20%#ACC8F5
Lighter +10%#7EA9F0
Darker −10%#226DE6
Darker −20%#1656BF
Darker −30%#114291
Darker −40%#0B2D64
More saturated +25%#3C86FF
Less saturated −25%#6891D3

Channel breakdown

R80
G139
B235
Red80 (31.4%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue217.16°
Saturation (HSL)79.49%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 8B · B EB

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