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Recognised as Colour

#5BA0FB

  • #5BA0FB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#5BA0FB is a blue with RGB values 91, 160, 251 and HSL 214°, 95%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#5BA0FB#5BA0FB
HEX#5BA0FB
RGBrgb(91, 160, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.6275, 0.9843
RGB percentages35.7%, 62.7%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(214.1, 95.2%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.1, 63.7%, 98.4%)
CMYK63.7%, 36.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,004,987
CSS custom property--colour: #5BA0FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.87:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#A45F04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#78A7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6297F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00B5C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 5.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 13.6Steel blue · ΔE 25.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.3Royal blue · ΔE 30Light skyblue · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBB65B
Analogous#5BF0FB, #665BFB
Triadic#FB5BA0, #A0FB5B
Split complementary#FB665B, #F0FB5B
Tetradic#FB5BF0, #FBB65B, #5BFB66

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0F7FF
Lighter +20%#BFDAFD
Lighter +10%#8DBDFC
Darker −10%#2983FA
Darker −20%#0668EA
Darker −30%#0552B8
Darker −40%#033C87
More saturated +25%#579FFF
Less saturated −25%#70A3E6

Channel breakdown

R91
G160
B251
Red91 (35.7%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue214.13°
Saturation (HSL)95.24%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G A0 · B FB

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