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Recognised as Colour

#5A75AB

  • #5A75AB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#5A75AB is a blue with RGB values 90, 117, 171 and HSL 220°, 33%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#5A75AB#5A75AB
HEX#5A75AB
RGBrgb(90, 117, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.4588, 0.6706
RGB percentages35.3%, 45.9%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(220, 32.5%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220, 47.4%, 67.1%)
CMYK47.4%, 31.6%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,928,363
CSS custom property--colour: #5A75AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.6:1
Contrast with white4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#A58A54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6179ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5872AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#3A8088no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 9.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.9Slate grey · ΔE 22.8Light slate grey · ΔE 23.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.6Gray · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 9.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB905A
Analogous#5A9EAB, #685AAB
Triadic#AB5A75, #75AB5A
Split complementary#AB685A, #9DAB5A
Tetradic#AB5A9D, #AB905A, #5AAB67

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1E6F0
Lighter +30%#BFCADF
Lighter +20%#9EAECD
Lighter +10%#7C91BC
Darker −10%#475E8B
Darker −20%#364769
Darker −30%#243048
Darker −40%#131926
More saturated +25%#3B6BCA
Less saturated −25%#797F8C

Channel breakdown

R90
G117
B171
Red90 (35.3%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue220°
Saturation (HSL)32.53%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 75 · B AB

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