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Recognised as Colour

#5795DF

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

#5795DF is a blue with RGB values 87, 149, 223 and HSL 213°, 68%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#5795DF#5795DF
HEX#5795DF
RGBrgb(87, 149, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0.5843, 0.8745
RGB percentages34.1%, 58.4%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(212.6, 68%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.6, 61%, 87.5%)
CMYK61%, 33.2%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,739,999
CSS custom property--colour: #5795DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.77:1
Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#A86A20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7699E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#638CDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00A6B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.1Steel blue · ΔE 15.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.3Light skyblue · ΔE 27.6Light slate grey · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFA157
Analogous#57D9DF, #5D57DF
Triadic#DF5795, #95DF57
Split complementary#DF5D57, #D9DF57
Tetradic#DF57D9, #DFA157, #57DF5D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D8E6F7
Lighter +20%#ADCBEF
Lighter +10%#82B0E7
Darker −10%#2C7AD7
Darker −20%#2162AF
Darker −30%#194A84
Darker −40%#113259
More saturated +25%#3E93F8
Less saturated −25%#7097C6

Channel breakdown

R87
G149
B223
Red87 (34.1%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue212.65°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 57 · G 95 · B DF

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