Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#5A6CC2

  • #5A6CC2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#5A6CC2 is a blue with RGB values 90, 108, 194 and HSL 230°, 46%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#5A6CC2#5A6CC2
HEX#5A6CC2
RGBrgb(90, 108, 194)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.4235, 0.7608
RGB percentages35.3%, 42.4%, 76.1%
HSLhsl(229.6, 46%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.6, 53.6%, 76.1%)
CMYK53.6%, 44.3%, 0%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,926,082
CSS custom property--colour: #5A6CC2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16794WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#A5933D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4777C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#3B6EC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Tritanopia#277F8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.6Royal blue · ΔE 19.8Medium purple · ΔE 20.2Slate blue · ΔE 21Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2B05A
Analogous#5AA0C2, #7C5AC2
Triadic#C25A6C, #6CC25A
Split complementary#C27C5A, #A0C25A
Tetradic#C25AA0, #C2B05A, #5AC27C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFF1F9
Lighter +30%#CAD0EB
Lighter +20%#A4AEDE
Lighter +10%#7F8DD0
Darker −10%#3F51AA
Darker −20%#314085
Darker −30%#232E60
Darker −40%#161C3A
More saturated +25%#3E5ADE
Less saturated −25%#767EA6

Channel breakdown

R90
G108
B194
Red90 (35.3%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue194 (76.1%)
Hue229.62°
Saturation (HSL)46.02%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 6C · B C2

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “5a6cc2” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.