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Recognised as Colour

#5B53CE

  • #5B53CE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#5B53CE is a blue with RGB values 91, 83, 206 and HSL 244°, 56%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#5B53CE#5B53CE
HEX#5B53CE
RGBrgb(91, 83, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.3255, 0.8078
RGB percentages35.7%, 32.5%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(243.9, 55.7%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.9, 59.7%, 80.8%)
CMYK55.8%, 59.7%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,985,230
CSS custom property--colour: #5B53CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#A4AC31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#207088no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 6Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.5Royal blue · ΔE 12.7Medium purple · ΔE 17.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 6.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6CE53
Analogous#5388CE, #9953CE
Triadic#CE5B53, #53CE5B
Split complementary#CE9953, #88CE53
Tetradic#CE5388, #C6CE53, #53CE99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F2FB
Lighter +30%#CDCAF0
Lighter +20%#A7A2E5
Lighter +10%#817BD9
Darker −10%#3D35B9
Darker −20%#302992
Darker −30%#231E6A
Darker −40%#161342
More saturated +25%#4337EA
Less saturated −25%#736FB2

Channel breakdown

R91
G83
B206
Red91 (35.7%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue243.9°
Saturation (HSL)55.66%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 53 · B CE

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