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Recognised as Colour

#5679AD

  • #5679AD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#5679AD is a blue with RGB values 86, 121, 173 and HSL 216°, 35%, 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

#5679AD#5679AD
HEX#5679AD
RGBrgb(86, 121, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.4745, 0.6784
RGB percentages33.7%, 47.5%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(215.9, 34.7%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.9, 50.3%, 67.8%)
CMYK50.3%, 30.1%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,667,245
CSS custom property--colour: #5679AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#A98652

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#657CAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B74ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#2E848Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 7Slate grey · ΔE 21.6Light slate grey · ΔE 21.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.3Gray · ΔE 31.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 6.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD8A56
Analogous#56A5AD, #5E56AD
Triadic#AD5679, #79AD56
Split complementary#AD5E56, #A5AD56
Tetradic#AD56A5, #AD8A56, #56AD5E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFE6F0
Lighter +30%#BDCBDF
Lighter +20%#9BAFCE
Lighter +10%#7894BE
Darker −10%#44618C
Darker −20%#33496A
Darker −30%#233147
Darker −40%#121A25
More saturated +25%#3773CC
Less saturated −25%#757F8E

Channel breakdown

R86
G121
B173
Red86 (33.7%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue215.86°
Saturation (HSL)34.66%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 79 · B AD

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