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Recognised as Colour

#5954CE

  • #5954CE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#5954CE is a blue with RGB values 89, 84, 206 and HSL 242°, 55%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#5954CE#5954CE
HEX#5954CE
RGBrgb(89, 84, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.3294, 0.8078
RGB percentages34.9%, 32.9%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(242.5, 55.5%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.5, 59.2%, 80.8%)
CMYK56.8%, 59.2%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,854,414
CSS custom property--colour: #5954CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.86:1
Contrast with white5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#A6AB31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#167189no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 5.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.8Royal blue · ΔE 11.8Medium purple · ΔE 17.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 5.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9CE54
Analogous#548CCE, #9654CE
Triadic#CE5954, #54CE59
Split complementary#CE9654, #8CCE54
Tetradic#CE548C, #C9CE54, #54CE96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F3FB
Lighter +30%#CCCBF0
Lighter +20%#A6A3E5
Lighter +10%#7F7CD9
Darker −10%#3B35BA
Darker −20%#2E2A92
Darker −30%#221F6A
Darker −40%#151343
More saturated +25%#4038EA
Less saturated −25%#7270B3

Channel breakdown

R89
G84
B206
Red89 (34.9%)
Green84 (32.9%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue242.46°
Saturation (HSL)55.45%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 54 · B CE

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