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Recognised as Colour

#5BA7E7

  • #5BA7E7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#5BA7E7 is a blue with RGB values 91, 167, 231 and HSL 207°, 74%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#5BA7E7#5BA7E7
HEX#5BA7E7
RGBrgb(91, 167, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.6549, 0.9059
RGB percentages35.7%, 65.5%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(207.4, 74.5%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.4, 60.6%, 90.6%)
CMYK60.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,006,759
CSS custom property--colour: #5BA7E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.13:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#A45818

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8BA9EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#789BE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Tritanopia#00B6BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.8Steel blue · ΔE 15.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.7Light skyblue · ΔE 18.3Sky blue · ΔE 24.4Light steelblue · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E79B5B
Analogous#5BE7E1, #5B61E7
Triadic#E75BA7, #A7E75B
Split complementary#E75B61, #E7E15B
Tetradic#E15BE7, #E79B5B, #61E75B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0EFFB
Lighter +20%#B4D7F4
Lighter +10%#87BFEE
Darker −10%#2F8FE0
Darker −20%#1C75C0
Darker −30%#165A93
Darker −40%#0F3F67
More saturated +25%#43A9FF
Less saturated −25%#72A5D0

Channel breakdown

R91
G167
B231
Red91 (35.7%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue207.43°
Saturation (HSL)74.47%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G A7 · B E7

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