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Recognised as Colour

#5FB9FD

  • #5FB9FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#5FB9FD is a blue with RGB values 95, 185, 253 and HSL 206°, 98%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#5FB9FD#5FB9FD
HEX#5FB9FD
RGBrgb(95, 185, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.7255, 0.9922
RGB percentages37.3%, 72.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(205.8, 97.5%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.8, 62.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK62.5%, 26.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,273,533
CSS custom property--colour: #5FB9FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44223WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.84:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#A04602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BBAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#85ABFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00CAD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.8Steel blue · ΔE 22.2Sky blue · ΔE 22.9Light steelblue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDA35F
Analogous#5FFDF2, #5F6AFD
Triadic#FD5FB9, #B9FD5F
Split complementary#FD5F6A, #FDF25F
Tetradic#F25FFD, #FDA35F, #6AFD5F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6FBFF
Lighter +20%#C4E5FE
Lighter +10%#91CFFE
Darker −10%#2DA3FC
Darker −20%#038CF3
Darker −30%#026FC1
Darker −40%#02528E
More saturated +25%#5DB9FF
Less saturated −25%#73B6E9

Channel breakdown

R95
G185
B253
Red95 (37.3%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue205.82°
Saturation (HSL)97.53%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G B9 · B FD

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