Recognised as Colour

#5259BC

#5259BC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Slate blue

#5259BC is a blue with RGB values 82, 89, 188 and HSL 236°, 44%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#5259BC#5259BC

HEX#5259BC

RGBrgb(82, 89, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.349, 0.7373

RGB percentages32.2%, 34.9%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(236, 44.2%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(236, 56.4%, 73.7%)

CMYK56.4%, 52.7%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,396,924

CSS custom property--colour: #5259BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12569WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.98:1

Contrast with white5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#ADA643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2168BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original

Deuteranopia#085FBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original

Tritanopia#177082no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 11.2 Royal blue · ΔE 13.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.9 Medium purple · ΔE 16.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.9 Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 11.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BCB552

Analogous#528EBC, #8052BC

Triadic#BC5259, #59BC52

Split complementary#BC8052, #8EBC52

Tetradic#BC528E, #BCB552, #52BC80

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5E6F5

Lighter +30%#C0C3E7

Lighter +20%#9CA0D8

Lighter +10%#777CCA

Darker −10%#3D449E

Darker −20%#2F3479

Darker −30%#212454

Darker −40%#121430

More saturated +25%#343FDA

Less saturated −25%#70739E

Channel breakdown

R82

G89

B188

Red82 (32.2%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue236.04°

Saturation (HSL)44.17%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 52 · G 59 · B BC

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