Colour

#050517

#050517
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#050517 is a blue with RGB values 5, 5, 23 and HSL 240°, 64%, 5%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 20.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#050517#050517

HEX#050517

RGBrgb(5, 5, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0196, 0.0902

RGB percentages2%, 2%, 9%

HSLhsl(240, 64.3%, 5.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 78.3%, 9%)

CMYK78.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 91%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer328,983

CSS custom property--colour: #050517;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness9.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 20.18:1

Contrast with white20.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#060606

Inverted#FAFAE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#000718no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#000617no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#01080Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text20.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 9.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.4 Dim grey · ΔE 43.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 49.7 Slate grey · ΔE 51.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 51.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 9.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#171705

Analogous#050E17, #0E0517

Triadic#170505, #051705

Split complementary#170E05, #0E1705

Tetradic#17050E, #171705, #05170E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2929BF

Lighter +30%#202095

Lighter +20%#17176B

Lighter +10%#0E0E41

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#01011B

Less saturated −25%#090914

Channel breakdown

B23

Red5 (2%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)64.29%

Lightness5.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G 05 · B 17

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Colour values

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