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Recognised as Colour

#5A55BE

  • #5A55BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#5A55BE is a blue with RGB values 90, 85, 190 and HSL 243°, 45%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#5A55BE#5A55BE
HEX#5A55BE
RGBrgb(90, 85, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.3333, 0.7451
RGB percentages35.3%, 33.3%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(242.9, 44.7%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.9, 55.3%, 74.5%)
CMYK52.6%, 55.3%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,920,190
CSS custom property--colour: #5A55BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.04:1
Contrast with white6.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#A5AA41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1166C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#306D81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 6.7Royal blue · ΔE 13Medium purple · ΔE 15.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 6.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9BE55
Analogous#5584BE, #8F55BE
Triadic#BE5A55, #55BE5A
Split complementary#BE8E55, #85BE55
Tetradic#BE5584, #B9BE55, #55BE8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E9F6
Lighter +30%#C5C4E8
Lighter +20%#A29FDA
Lighter +10%#7E7ACC
Darker −10%#433EA2
Darker −20%#34307D
Darker −30%#242258
Darker −40%#151433
More saturated +25%#3F38DB
Less saturated −25%#7572A1

Channel breakdown

R90
G85
B190
Red90 (35.3%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue242.86°
Saturation (HSL)44.68%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 55 · B BE

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