Colour

#509BE5

#509BE5
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#509BE5 is a blue with RGB values 80, 155, 229 and HSL 210°, 74%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#509BE5

RGBrgb(80, 155, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.6078, 0.898

RGB percentages31.4%, 60.8%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(209.8, 74.1%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(209.8, 65.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK65.1%, 32.3%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,282,789

CSS custom property--colour: #509BE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.16:1

Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#AF641A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7B9FE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6690E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00ACB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11 Steel blue · ΔE 16 Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.1 Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.9 Light skyblue · ΔE 25.7 Sky blue · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E59A50

Analogous#50E5E5, #5051E5

Triadic#E5509B, #9BE550

Split complementary#E55050, #E5E550

Tetradic#E550E5, #E59A50, #51E550

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D5E7F9

Lighter +20%#A9CEF2

Lighter +10%#7CB4EC

Darker −10%#2482DE

Darker −20%#1B68B4

Darker −30%#144E88

Darker −40%#0E355B

More saturated +25%#379BFE

Less saturated −25%#699BCC

Channel breakdown

R80

G155

B229

Red80 (31.4%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue209.8°

Saturation (HSL)74.13%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G 9B · B E5

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