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Colour

#5B59E7

  • #5B59E7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#5B59E7 is a blue with RGB values 91, 89, 231 and HSL 241°, 75%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#5B59E7#5B59E7
HEX#5B59E7
RGBrgb(91, 89, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.349, 0.9059
RGB percentages35.7%, 34.9%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(240.8, 74.7%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240.8, 61.5%, 90.6%)
CMYK60.6%, 61.5%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,986,791
CSS custom property--colour: #5B59E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.21:1
Contrast with white5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#A4A618

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Tritanopia#007C98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.1Slate blue · ΔE 15.3Royal blue · ΔE 17.1Medium purple · ΔE 24.2Dark orchid · ΔE 26.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5E759
Analogous#599EE7, #A259E7
Triadic#E75B59, #59E75B
Split complementary#E7A259, #9EE759
Tetradic#E7599E, #E5E759, #59E7A2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFDFFA
Lighter +20%#B3B2F4
Lighter +10%#8786ED
Darker −10%#2F2CE1
Darker −20%#1E1CBE
Darker −30%#171592
Darker −40%#100F65
More saturated +25%#4441FF
Less saturated −25%#7271CF

Channel breakdown

R91
G89
B231
Red91 (35.7%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue240.85°
Saturation (HSL)74.74%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 59 · B E7

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