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Recognised as Colour

#5A95ED

  • #5A95ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#5A95ED is a blue with RGB values 90, 149, 237 and HSL 216°, 80%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#5A95ED#5A95ED
HEX#5A95ED
RGBrgb(90, 149, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.5843, 0.9294
RGB percentages35.3%, 58.4%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(215.9, 80.3%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.9, 62%, 92.9%)
CMYK62%, 37.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,936,621
CSS custom property--colour: #5A95ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.96:1
Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#A56A12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F9CF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A8EEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00A9B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 2.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 13.7Steel blue · ΔE 23.1Royal blue · ΔE 27.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.5Medium purple · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 2.08, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDB25A
Analogous#5ADEED, #695AED
Triadic#ED5A95, #95ED5A
Split complementary#ED695A, #DEED5A
Tetradic#ED5ADE, #EDB25A, #5AED69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4EEFC
Lighter +20%#B6D0F7
Lighter +10%#88B3F2
Darker −10%#2C77E8
Darker −20%#165FCB
Darker −30%#11499D
Darker −40%#0C346F
More saturated +25%#4891FF
Less saturated −25%#719AD6

Channel breakdown

R90
G149
B237
Red90 (35.3%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue215.92°
Saturation (HSL)80.33%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 95 · B ED

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