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Recognised as Colour

#5E77BD

  • #5E77BD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#5E77BD is a blue with RGB values 94, 119, 189 and HSL 224°, 42%, 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

#5E77BD#5E77BD
HEX#5E77BD
RGBrgb(94, 119, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.4667, 0.7412
RGB percentages36.9%, 46.7%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(224.2, 41.9%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.2, 50.3%, 74.1%)
CMYK50.3%, 37%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,191,037
CSS custom property--colour: #5E77BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19247WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#A18842

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C7EC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5276BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#358691no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14.7Steel blue · ΔE 16.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.5Medium purple · ΔE 28.4Royal blue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDA45E
Analogous#5EA7BD, #755EBD
Triadic#BD5E77, #77BD5E
Split complementary#BD755E, #A7BD5E
Tetradic#BD5EA6, #BDA45E, #5EBD75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFF1F8
Lighter +30%#CBD3E9
Lighter +20%#A6B4DB
Lighter +10%#8296CC
Darker −10%#435DA5
Darker −20%#354980
Darker −30%#26345C
Darker −40%#172038
More saturated +25%#426AD9
Less saturated −25%#7A84A1

Channel breakdown

R94
G119
B189
Red94 (36.9%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue224.21°
Saturation (HSL)41.85%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5E · G 77 · B BD

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