Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#5C6C89

  • #5C6C89
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#5C6C89 is a blue with RGB values 92, 108, 137 and HSL 219°, 20%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#5C6C89#5C6C89
HEX#5C6C89
RGBrgb(92, 108, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.4235, 0.5373
RGB percentages36.1%, 42.4%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(218.7, 19.7%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.7, 32.8%, 53.7%)
CMYK32.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,057,097
CSS custom property--colour: #5C6C89;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14807WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.3:1
Contrast with white5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#A39376

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#626E8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E6988no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#4F7276no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 11Light slate grey · ΔE 13.1Steel blue · ΔE 16.9Dim grey · ΔE 18Gray · ΔE 19.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 11.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89795C
Analogous#5C8389, #625C89
Triadic#895C6C, #6C895C
Split complementary#89625C, #83895C
Tetradic#895C83, #89795C, #5C8962

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1D6E0
Lighter +30%#B2BBCC
Lighter +20%#94A0B7
Lighter +10%#7585A3
Darker −10%#48546A
Darker −20%#333C4C
Darker −30%#1F242D
Darker −40%#0A0C0F
More saturated +25%#3F64A6
Less saturated −25%#727272

Channel breakdown

R92
G108
B137
Red92 (36.1%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue218.67°
Saturation (HSL)19.65%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5C · G 6C · B 89

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “5c6c89” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.