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Recognised as Colour

#050169

  • #050169
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#050169 is a blue with RGB values 5, 1, 105 and HSL 242°, 98%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#050169#050169
HEX#050169
RGBrgb(5, 1, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0039, 0.4118
RGB percentages2%, 0.4%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(242.3, 98.1%, 20.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.3, 99%, 41.2%)
CMYK95.2%, 99%, 0%, 58.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer328,041
CSS custom property--colour: #050169;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness35.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.29:1
Contrast with white17.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#090909
Inverted#FAFE96

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00206Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#001567no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00283Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 11.9Midnight blue · ΔE 12.5Indigo · ΔE 15.5Dark blue · ΔE 17.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 11.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#656901
Analogous#013169, #390169
Triadic#690501, #016905
Split complementary#693901, #316901
Tetradic#690131, #656901, #016939

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4039FD
Lighter +30%#1006FD
Lighter +20%#0A02CE
Lighter +10%#07019C
Darker −10%#030136
Darker −20%#000004
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#04006A
Less saturated −25%#110E5C

Channel breakdown

R5
G1
B105
Red5 (2%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue242.31°
Saturation (HSL)98.11%
Lightness20.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 01 · B 69

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