Recognised as Colour

#050038

#050038
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#050038 is a blue with RGB values 5, 0, 56 and HSL 245°, 100%, 11%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#050038#050038

HEX#050038

RGBrgb(5, 0, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0, 0.2196

RGB percentages2%, 0%, 22%

HSLhsl(245.4, 100%, 11%)

HSV / HSBhsv(245.4, 100%, 22%)

CMYK91.1%, 100%, 0%, 78%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer327,736

CSS custom property--colour: #050038;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00318WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness19.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.75:1

Contrast with white19.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#050505

Inverted#FAFFC7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#000D39no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#000837no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00111Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 24.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.3 Black · ΔE 38.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 40.8 Indigo · ΔE 42.2 Navy · ΔE 43.8

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 24.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#333800

Analogous#001738, #210038

Triadic#380500, #003805

Split complementary#382100, #173800

Tetradic#380017, #333800, #003821

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#1B05FF

Lighter +30%#1300D1

Lighter +20%#0E009E

Lighter +10%#0A006B

Darker −10%#000005

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#050038

Less saturated −25%#0B0731

Channel breakdown

B56

Red5 (2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue245.36°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness10.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G 00 · B 38

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