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Recognised as Colour

#508EE0

  • #508EE0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#508EE0 is a blue with RGB values 80, 142, 224 and HSL 214°, 70%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#508EE0#508EE0
HEX#508EE0
RGBrgb(80, 142, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.5569, 0.8784
RGB percentages31.4%, 55.7%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(214.2, 69.9%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.2, 64.3%, 87.8%)
CMYK64.3%, 36.6%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,279,456
CSS custom property--colour: #508EE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.29:1
Contrast with white3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#AF711F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6A94E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5686DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Tritanopia#00A1ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 5.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 16.4Steel blue · ΔE 19.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.6Royal blue · ΔE 29.2Medium purple · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0A250
Analogous#50D6E0, #5A50E0
Triadic#E0508E, #8EE050
Split complementary#E05A50, #D6E050
Tetradic#E050D6, #E0A250, #50E05A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFEFF
Lighter +30%#D2E2F7
Lighter +20%#A7C6EF
Lighter +10%#7BAAE8
Darker −10%#2672D7
Darker −20%#1E5BAC
Darker −30%#174480
Darker −40%#0F2D55
More saturated +25%#368AFA
Less saturated −25%#6A92C6

Channel breakdown

R80
G142
B224
Red80 (31.4%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue214.17°
Saturation (HSL)69.9%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 8E · B E0

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