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Recognised as Colour

#5A8CFE

  • #5A8CFE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dodgerblue

#5A8CFE is a blue with RGB values 90, 140, 254 and HSL 222°, 99%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dodgerblue.

Colour values

#5A8CFE#5A8CFE
HEX#5A8CFE
RGBrgb(90, 140, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.549, 0.9961
RGB percentages35.3%, 54.9%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(221.7, 98.8%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.7, 64.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK64.6%, 44.9%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,934,334
CSS custom property--colour: #5A8CFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.62:1
Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#A57301

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5498FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#3689FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00A6B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dodgerblue · ΔE 8.7Royal blue · ΔE 14.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.6Medium purple · ΔE 22.3Slate blue · ΔE 23.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourDodgerblue (#1E90FF)ΔE 8.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FECC5A
Analogous#5ADEFE, #7A5AFE
Triadic#FE5A8C, #8CFE5A
Split complementary#FE7A5A, #DEFE5A
Tetradic#FE5ADE, #FECC5A, #5AFE7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F6FF
Lighter +20%#BFD3FF
Lighter +10%#8DAFFE
Darker −10%#2769FE
Darker −20%#014AF1
Darker −30%#013BBE
Darker −40%#012B8B
More saturated +25%#598CFF
Less saturated −25%#6F94E9

Channel breakdown

R90
G140
B254
Red90 (35.3%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue221.71°
Saturation (HSL)98.8%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 8C · B FE

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