Colour

#59537A

#59537A
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#59537A is a blue with RGB values 89, 83, 122 and HSL 249°, 19%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#59537A

RGBrgb(89, 83, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.3255, 0.4784

RGB percentages34.9%, 32.5%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(249.2, 19%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(249.2, 32%, 47.8%)

CMYK27%, 32%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,854,074

CSS custom property--colour: #59537A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.14:1

Contrast with white7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#575757

Inverted#A6AC85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#49597Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#495779no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Tritanopia#525A61no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 23.4 Steel blue · ΔE 24.5 Dim grey · ΔE 25.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 25.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.1 Gray · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 23.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#747A53

Analogous#53617A, #6C537A

Triadic#7A5953, #537A59

Split complementary#7A6C53, #617A53

Tetradic#7A5361, #747A53, #537A6C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C6C3D6

Lighter +30%#A9A5C1

Lighter +20%#8C86AD

Lighter +10%#6F6898

Darker −10%#433E5C

Darker −20%#2D2A3D

Darker −30%#17151F

Darker −40%#000001

More saturated +25%#473994

Less saturated −25%#676767

Channel breakdown

R89

G83

B122

Red89 (34.9%)

Green83 (32.5%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue249.23°

Saturation (HSL)19.02%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G 53 · B 7A

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