Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#050231

  • #050231
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#050231 is a blue with RGB values 5, 2, 49 and HSL 244°, 92%, 10%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#050231#050231
HEX#050231
RGBrgb(5, 2, 49)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0078, 0.1922
RGB percentages2%, 0.8%, 19.2%
HSLhsl(243.8, 92.2%, 10%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.8, 95.9%, 19.2%)
CMYK89.8%, 95.9%, 0%, 80.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer328,241
CSS custom property--colour: #050231;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness16.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.82:1
Contrast with white19.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#060606
Inverted#FAFDCE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#000C32no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#000830no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#001019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text19.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 30.7Black · ΔE 31.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 33.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 45.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 45.7Indigo · ΔE 48.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 30.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E3102
Analogous#021731, #1D0231
Triadic#310502, #023105
Split complementary#311D02, #173102
Tetradic#310217, #2E3102, #02311D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#190AF5
Lighter +30%#1408C4
Lighter +20%#0F0693
Lighter +10%#0A0462
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#030033
Less saturated −25%#0B082B

Channel breakdown

R5
G2
B49
Red5 (2%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue49 (19.2%)
Hue243.83°
Saturation (HSL)92.16%
Lightness10%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 02 · B 31

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “hex 050231” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.