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Recognised as Colour

#5E58DE

  • #5E58DE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#5E58DE is a blue with RGB values 94, 88, 222 and HSL 243°, 67%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#5E58DE#5E58DE
HEX#5E58DE
RGBrgb(94, 88, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3451, 0.8706
RGB percentages36.9%, 34.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(242.7, 67%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.7, 60.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK57.7%, 60.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,183,134
CSS custom property--colour: #5E58DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.35:1
Contrast with white5.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#A1A721

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#087993no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 7.5Slate blue · ΔE 10.9Royal blue · ΔE 14.4Medium purple · ΔE 20.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.2Dark orchid · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 7.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8DE58
Analogous#5895DE, #A158DE
Triadic#DE5E58, #58DE5E
Split complementary#DEA158, #95DE58
Tetradic#DE5895, #D8DE58, #58DEA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D9D8F7
Lighter +20%#B0ADEF
Lighter +10%#8783E6
Darker −10%#352DD6
Darker −20%#2922AE
Darker −30%#1F1A83
Darker −40%#151159
More saturated +25%#473FF7
Less saturated −25%#7571C5

Channel breakdown

R94
G88
B222
Red94 (36.9%)
Green88 (34.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue242.69°
Saturation (HSL)67%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5E · G 58 · B DE

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