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Recognised as Colour

#050562

  • #050562
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#050562 is a blue with RGB values 5, 5, 98 and HSL 240°, 90%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#050562#050562
HEX#050562
RGBrgb(5, 5, 98)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0196, 0.3843
RGB percentages2%, 2%, 38.4%
HSLhsl(240, 90.3%, 20.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 94.9%, 38.4%)
CMYK94.9%, 94.9%, 0%, 61.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer329,058
CSS custom property--colour: #050562;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness33.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.43:1
Contrast with white17.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0C0C0C
Inverted#FAFA9D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001F64no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#001461no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Tritanopia#002637no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.5Navy · ΔE 17.6Indigo · ΔE 19Dark blue · ΔE 22.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#626205
Analogous#053462, #340562
Triadic#620505, #056205
Split complementary#623405, #346205
Tetradic#620534, #626205, #056234

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3E3EF5
Lighter +30%#0D0DF3
Lighter +20%#0A0AC3
Lighter +10%#070793
Darker −10%#030331
Darker −20%#000001
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000067
Less saturated −25%#121255

Channel breakdown

R5
G5
B98
Red5 (2%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue98 (38.4%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)90.29%
Lightness20.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 05 · B 62

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