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Recognised as Colour

#5379AF

  • #5379AF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#5379AF is a blue with RGB values 83, 121, 175 and HSL 215°, 37%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#5379AF#5379AF
HEX#5379AF
RGBrgb(83, 121, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.4745, 0.6863
RGB percentages32.5%, 47.5%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(215.2, 36.5%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.2, 52.6%, 68.6%)
CMYK52.6%, 30.9%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,470,639
CSS custom property--colour: #5379AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.72:1
Contrast with white4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#AC8650

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#647CB1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5874AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#24858Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 6.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.4Slate grey · ΔE 22.8Light slate grey · ΔE 22.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 31.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 6.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF8953
Analogous#53A7AF, #5B53AF
Triadic#AF5379, #79AF53
Split complementary#AF5B53, #A7AF53
Tetradic#AF53A7, #AF8953, #53AF5B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEE5F0
Lighter +30%#BBCAE0
Lighter +20%#99AFCF
Lighter +10%#7694BF
Darker −10%#42618D
Darker −20%#32496A
Darker −30%#213148
Darker −40%#111925
More saturated +25%#3374CF
Less saturated −25%#727E90

Channel breakdown

R83
G121
B175
Red83 (32.5%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue215.22°
Saturation (HSL)36.51%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 79 · B AF

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