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Recognised as Colour

#5896DD

  • #5896DD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#5896DD is a blue with RGB values 88, 150, 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

#5896DD#5896DD
HEX#5896DD
RGBrgb(88, 150, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.3451, 0.5882, 0.8667
RGB percentages34.5%, 58.8%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(212, 66.2%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212, 60.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK60.2%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,805,789
CSS custom property--colour: #5896DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29108WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.82:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#A76922

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#789AE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#668DDCno 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 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.9Steel blue · ΔE 14.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 23Light skyblue · ΔE 26.2Light slate grey · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD9F58
Analogous#58D9DD, #5D58DD
Triadic#DD5896, #96DD58
Split complementary#DD5D58, #D8DD58
Tetradic#DD58D8, #DD9F58, #58DD5D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D7E6F7
Lighter +20%#ADCBEE
Lighter +10%#82B1E6
Darker −10%#2E7BD4
Darker −20%#2363AC
Darker −30%#1A4B82
Darker −40%#123257
More saturated +25%#3F94F6
Less saturated −25%#7198C4

Channel breakdown

R88
G150
B221
Red88 (34.5%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue212.03°
Saturation (HSL)66.17%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 58 · G 96 · B DD

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