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Recognised as Colour

#5995DD

  • #5995DD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#5995DD is a blue with RGB values 89, 149, 221 and HSL 213°, 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

#5995DD#5995DD
HEX#5995DD
RGBrgb(89, 149, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.5843, 0.8667
RGB percentages34.9%, 58.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(212.7, 66%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.7, 59.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK59.7%, 32.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,871,069
CSS custom property--colour: #5995DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28839WCAG 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#A66A22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7799E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#658DDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00A5AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 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 10.1Steel blue · ΔE 14.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 23Light skyblue · ΔE 26.9Light slate grey · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDA159
Analogous#59D7DD, #5F59DD
Triadic#DD5995, #95DD59
Split complementary#DD5F59, #D7DD59
Tetradic#DD59D7, #DDA159, #59DD5F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D8E6F7
Lighter +20%#AECBEE
Lighter +10%#83B0E6
Darker −10%#2F7AD4
Darker −20%#2362AD
Darker −30%#1B4A82
Darker −40%#123258
More saturated +25%#4093F6
Less saturated −25%#7297C4

Channel breakdown

R89
G149
B221
Red89 (34.9%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue212.73°
Saturation (HSL)66%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 95 · B DD

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