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Recognised as Colour

#5895DD

  • #5895DD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#5895DD is a blue with RGB values 88, 149, 221 and HSL 212°, 66%, 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

#5895DD#5895DD
HEX#5895DD
RGBrgb(88, 149, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.3451, 0.5843, 0.8667
RGB percentages34.5%, 58.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(212.5, 66.2%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.5, 60.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK60.2%, 32.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,805,533
CSS custom property--colour: #5895DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.76:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#A76A22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7799E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#658CDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00A6AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 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 text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.2Steel blue · ΔE 14.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.9Light skyblue · ΔE 26.9Light slate grey · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDA058
Analogous#58D7DD, #5E58DD
Triadic#DD5895, #95DD58
Split complementary#DD5E58, #D8DD58
Tetradic#DD58D7, #DDA058, #58DD5E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D7E6F7
Lighter +20%#ADCBEE
Lighter +10%#82B0E6
Darker −10%#2E7AD4
Darker −20%#2362AC
Darker −30%#1A4A82
Darker −40%#123257
More saturated +25%#3F93F6
Less saturated −25%#7197C4

Channel breakdown

R88
G149
B221
Red88 (34.5%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue212.48°
Saturation (HSL)66.17%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 58 · G 95 · B DD

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