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Recognised as Colour

#5D56BC

  • #5D56BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#5D56BC is a blue with RGB values 93, 86, 188 and HSL 244°, 43%, 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

#5D56BC#5D56BC
HEX#5D56BC
RGBrgb(93, 86, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.3647, 0.3373, 0.7373
RGB percentages36.5%, 33.7%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(244.1, 43.2%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244.1, 54.3%, 73.7%)
CMYK50.5%, 54.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,117,052
CSS custom property--colour: #5D56BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.96:1
Contrast with white5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#A2A943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1C67C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#1160BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Tritanopia#396D80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 7.9Royal blue · ΔE 14.1Medium purple · ΔE 14.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 7.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5BC56
Analogous#5682BC, #9056BC
Triadic#BC5D56, #56BC5D
Split complementary#BC9056, #82BC56
Tetradic#BC5682, #B5BC56, #56BC90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E8F6
Lighter +30%#C6C4E7
Lighter +20%#A39FD9
Lighter +10%#807BCA
Darker −10%#463FA0
Darker −20%#36317B
Darker −30%#262257
Darker −40%#161432
More saturated +25%#4439DA
Less saturated −25%#76749F

Channel breakdown

R93
G86
B188
Red93 (36.5%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue244.12°
Saturation (HSL)43.22%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5D · G 56 · B BC

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