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Recognised as Colour

#050973

  • #050973
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#050973 is a blue with RGB values 5, 9, 115 and HSL 238°, 92%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#050973#050973
HEX#050973
RGBrgb(5, 9, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0353, 0.451
RGB percentages2%, 3.5%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(237.8, 91.7%, 23.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.8, 95.7%, 45.1%)
CMYK95.7%, 92.2%, 0%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer330,099
CSS custom property--colour: #050973;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness39.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.24:1
Contrast with white16.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#101010
Inverted#FAF68C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002676no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#001A71no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Tritanopia#002E42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 10.5Midnight blue · ΔE 11.9Indigo · ΔE 14.8Dark blue · ΔE 15.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 10.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#736F05
Analogous#054073, #380573
Triadic#730509, #097305
Split complementary#733805, #407305
Tetradic#730540, #736F05, #057338

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4D53F7
Lighter +30%#1C24F5
Lighter +20%#0911D5
Lighter +10%#070DA4
Darker −10%#030542
Darker −20%#010111
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000478
Less saturated −25%#141764

Channel breakdown

R5
G9
B115
Red5 (2%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue237.82°
Saturation (HSL)91.67%
Lightness23.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 09 · B 73

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