Recognised as Colour

#5C59CC

#5C59CC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Slate blue

#5C59CC is a blue with RGB values 92, 89, 204 and HSL 242°, 53%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#5C59CC#5C59CC

HEX#5C59CC

RGBrgb(92, 89, 204)

RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.349, 0.8

RGB percentages36.1%, 34.9%, 80%

HSLhsl(241.6, 53%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(241.6, 56.4%, 80%)

CMYK54.9%, 56.4%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,052,300

CSS custom property--colour: #5C59CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1378WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.59:1

Contrast with white5.59:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#626262

Inverted#A3A633

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006CD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0063CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Tritanopia#25748Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 3.4 Royal blue · ΔE 10 Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.6 Medium purple · ΔE 14.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 3.41, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C9CC59

Analogous#598FCC, #9659CC

Triadic#CC5C59, #59CC5C

Split complementary#CC9659, #8FCC59

Tetradic#CC598F, #C9CC59, #59CC96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F5F5FC

Lighter +30%#CFCEF0

Lighter +20%#A9A7E4

Lighter +10%#8280D8

Darker −10%#3C39B9

Darker −20%#302D92

Darker −30%#23216B

Darker −40%#161544

More saturated +25%#423EE7

Less saturated −25%#7674B1

Channel breakdown

R92

G89

B204

Red92 (36.1%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue241.57°

Saturation (HSL)53%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5C · G 59 · B CC

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