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Recognised as Colour

#5C55BF

  • #5C55BF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#5C55BF is a blue with RGB values 92, 85, 191 and HSL 244°, 45%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#5C55BF#5C55BF
HEX#5C55BF
RGBrgb(92, 85, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.3333, 0.749
RGB percentages36.1%, 33.3%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(244, 45.3%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244, 55.5%, 74.9%)
CMYK51.8%, 55.5%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,051,263
CSS custom property--colour: #5C55BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.99:1
Contrast with white5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#A3AA40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1067C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#346D82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 6Royal blue · ΔE 13Medium purple · ΔE 14.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 5.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8BF55
Analogous#5583BF, #9155BF
Triadic#BF5C55, #55BF5C
Split complementary#BF9155, #83BF55
Tetradic#BF5583, #B8BF55, #55BF91

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE9F7
Lighter +30%#C7C4E9
Lighter +20%#A39FDB
Lighter +10%#807ACD
Darker −10%#443EA3
Darker −20%#35307E
Darker −30%#252259
Darker −40%#161434
More saturated +25%#4338DC
Less saturated −25%#7572A2

Channel breakdown

R92
G85
B191
Red92 (36.1%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue243.96°
Saturation (HSL)45.3%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5C · G 55 · B BF

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