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Recognised as Colour

#5F78FE

  • #5F78FE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#5F78FE is a blue with RGB values 95, 120, 254 and HSL 231°, 99%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#5F78FE#5F78FE
HEX#5F78FE
RGBrgb(95, 120, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.4706, 0.9961
RGB percentages37.3%, 47.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(230.6, 98.8%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230.6, 62.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK62.6%, 52.8%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,256,894
CSS custom property--colour: #5F78FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23022WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.6:1
Contrast with white3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#A08701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1D8BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#007DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Tritanopia#0098B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 9.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 11Slate blue · ΔE 16Medium purple · ΔE 20.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEE55F
Analogous#5FC8FE, #955FFE
Triadic#FE5F78, #78FE5F
Split complementary#FE965F, #C7FE5F
Tetradic#FE5FC8, #FEE55F, #5FFE96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F8FF
Lighter +20%#C4CEFF
Lighter +10%#92A3FE
Darker −10%#2C4DFE
Darker −20%#0228F5
Darker −30%#0120C3
Darker −40%#011790
More saturated +25%#5E77FF
Less saturated −25%#7386EA

Channel breakdown

R95
G120
B254
Red95 (37.3%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue230.57°
Saturation (HSL)98.76%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G 78 · B FE

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