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Recognised as Colour

#050077

  • #050077
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#050077 is a blue with RGB values 5, 0, 119 and HSL 243°, 100%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#050077#050077
HEX#050077
RGBrgb(5, 0, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0, 0.4667
RGB percentages2%, 0%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(242.5, 100%, 23.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.5, 100%, 46.7%)
CMYK95.8%, 100%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer327,799
CSS custom property--colour: #050077;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01364WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness40.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.5:1
Contrast with white16.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0A0A0A
Inverted#FAFF88

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00257Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#001875no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Tritanopia#002E43no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 4.5Dark blue · ΔE 9.8Indigo · ΔE 13.4Midnight blue · ΔE 18.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 33
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 4.54, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#727700
Analogous#003777, #400077
Triadic#770500, #007705
Split complementary#774100, #367700
Tetradic#770037, #727700, #007740

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4C44FF
Lighter +30%#1B11FF
Lighter +20%#0900DD
Lighter +10%#0700AA
Darker −10%#030044
Darker −20%#010011
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#050077
Less saturated −25%#130F68

Channel breakdown

R5
G0
B119
Red5 (2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue242.52°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness23.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 00 · B 77

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