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Recognised as Colour

#5596FB

  • #5596FB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#5596FB is a blue with RGB values 85, 150, 251 and HSL 217°, 95%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#5596FB#5596FB
HEX#5596FB
RGBrgb(85, 150, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.5882, 0.9843
RGB percentages33.3%, 58.8%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(216.5, 95.4%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.5, 66.1%, 98.4%)
CMYK66.1%, 40.2%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,609,211
CSS custom property--colour: #5596FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.14:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#AA6904

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#689FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E8FF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 7.5Royal blue · ΔE 22.9Medium purple · ΔE 27.8Steel blue · ΔE 30.1Slate blue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBBA55
Analogous#55E9FB, #6755FB
Triadic#FB5596, #96FB55
Split complementary#FB6755, #E9FB55
Tetradic#FB55E9, #FBBA55, #55FB67

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAF2FF
Lighter +20%#B9D4FD
Lighter +10%#87B5FC
Darker −10%#2377FA
Darker −20%#055DE5
Darker −30%#0449B3
Darker −40%#033481
More saturated +25%#5195FF
Less saturated −25%#6B9BE5

Channel breakdown

R85
G150
B251
Red85 (33.3%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue216.51°
Saturation (HSL)95.4%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 55 · G 96 · B FB

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