Colour

#050608

#050608
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#050608 is a blue with RGB values 5, 6, 8 and HSL 220°, 23%, 3%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 20.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#050608#050608

HEX#050608

RGBrgb(5, 6, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0235, 0.0314

RGB percentages2%, 2.4%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(220, 23.1%, 2.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220, 37.5%, 3.1%)

CMYK37.5%, 25%, 0%, 96.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer329,224

CSS custom property--colour: #050608;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 20.27:1

Contrast with white20.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#060606

Inverted#FAF9F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#050608no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Deuteranopia#050608no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#040607no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text20.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 1.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 32 Dim grey · ΔE 42.8 Gray · ΔE 52 Slate grey · ΔE 52.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 54.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 1.83, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#080705

Analogous#050808, #060508

Triadic#080506, #060805

Split complementary#080605, #080805

Tetradic#080507, #080705, #050806

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#536486

Lighter +30%#404D66

Lighter +20%#2C3547

Lighter +10%#191E27

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#03050A

Less saturated −25%#070707

Channel breakdown

Red5 (2%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue220°

Saturation (HSL)23.08%

Lightness2.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G 06 · B 08

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