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Recognised as Colour

#5E8ADA

  • #5E8ADA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#5E8ADA is a blue with RGB values 94, 138, 218 and HSL 219°, 63%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#5E8ADA#5E8ADA
HEX#5E8ADA
RGBrgb(94, 138, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.5412, 0.8549
RGB percentages36.9%, 54.1%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(218.7, 62.6%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.7, 56.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK56.9%, 36.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,195,930
CSS custom property--colour: #5E8ADA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.12:1
Contrast with white3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.12:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#A17525

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6991DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5985D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#009CA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 5.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 18Steel blue · ΔE 19Royal blue · ΔE 28.3Medium purple · ΔE 28.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAAE5E
Analogous#5EC8DA, #705EDA
Triadic#DA5E8A, #8ADA5E
Split complementary#DA705E, #C8DA5E
Tetradic#DA5EC8, #DAAE5E, #5EDA70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DAE4F7
Lighter +20%#B1C6ED
Lighter +10%#87A8E4
Darker −10%#356CD0
Darker −20%#2756AB
Darker −30%#1E4181
Darker −40%#142C58
More saturated +25%#4583F3
Less saturated −25%#7791C1

Channel breakdown

R94
G138
B218
Red94 (36.9%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue218.71°
Saturation (HSL)62.63%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5E · G 8A · B DA

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