Recognised as Colour

#5E76BA

#5E76BA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#5E76BA is a blue with RGB values 94, 118, 186 and HSL 224°, 40%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#5E76BA

RGBrgb(94, 118, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.4627, 0.7294

RGB percentages36.9%, 46.3%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(224.3, 40%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.3, 49.5%, 72.9%)

CMYK49.5%, 36.6%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,190,778

CSS custom property--colour: #5E76BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18882WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.78:1

Contrast with white4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#767676

Inverted#A18945

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C7DBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5275B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#37848Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.7 Steel blue · ΔE 15.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.5 Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.3 Medium purple · ΔE 29.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BAA25E

Analogous#5EA4BA, #745EBA

Triadic#BA5E76, #76BA5E

Split complementary#BA745E, #A4BA5E

Tetradic#BA5EA4, #BAA25E, #5EBA74

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDF0F7

Lighter +30%#C9D1E8

Lighter +20%#A5B3D9

Lighter +10%#8294C9

Darker −10%#455DA0

Darker −20%#35487D

Darker −30%#263359

Darker −40%#171F35

More saturated +25%#4168D7

Less saturated −25%#7B849D

Channel breakdown

R94

G118

B186

Red94 (36.9%)

Green118 (46.3%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue224.35°

Saturation (HSL)40%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5E · G 76 · B BA

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