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Recognised as Colour

#5795DD

  • #5795DD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#5795DD is a blue with RGB values 87, 149, 221 and HSL 212°, 66%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#5795DD#5795DD
HEX#5795DD
RGBrgb(87, 149, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0.5843, 0.8667
RGB percentages34.1%, 58.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(212.2, 66.3%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.2, 60.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK60.6%, 32.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,739,997
CSS custom property--colour: #5795DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.75:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#A86A22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7699E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#658CDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00A6AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.3Steel blue · ΔE 14.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.7Light skyblue · ΔE 26.9Light slate grey · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD9F57
Analogous#57D8DD, #5C57DD
Triadic#DD5795, #95DD57
Split complementary#DD5C57, #D8DD57
Tetradic#DD57D8, #DD9F57, #57DD5C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D6E5F7
Lighter +20%#ACCBEE
Lighter +10%#81B0E6
Darker −10%#2D7AD4
Darker −20%#2362AB
Darker −30%#1A4A81
Darker −40%#123156
More saturated +25%#3E93F6
Less saturated −25%#7097C4

Channel breakdown

R87
G149
B221
Red87 (34.1%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue212.24°
Saturation (HSL)66.34%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 57 · G 95 · B DD

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