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Recognised as Colour

#565BED

  • #565BED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#565BED is a blue with RGB values 86, 91, 237 and HSL 238°, 81%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#565BED#565BED
HEX#565BED
RGBrgb(86, 91, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.3569, 0.9294
RGB percentages33.7%, 35.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(238, 80.7%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238, 63.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK63.7%, 61.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,659,629
CSS custom property--colour: #565BED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.1:1
Contrast with white5.1:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#A9A412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0075F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00809Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.6Slate blue · ΔE 17.6Royal blue · ΔE 18.1Medium purple · ΔE 26.2Dark orchid · ΔE 27.4Blue violet · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 10.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE856
Analogous#56A7ED, #9C56ED
Triadic#ED565B, #5BED56
Split complementary#ED9D56, #A6ED56
Tetradic#ED56A7, #EDE856, #56ED9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0E1FC
Lighter +20%#B2B4F7
Lighter +10%#8488F2
Darker −10%#282EE8
Darker −20%#151BC8
Darker −30%#10159A
Darker −40%#0B0F6C
More saturated +25%#444AFF
Less saturated −25%#6D71D6

Channel breakdown

R86
G91
B237
Red86 (33.7%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue238.01°
Saturation (HSL)80.75%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 5B · B ED

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