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Colour

#050987

  • #050987
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#050987 is a blue with RGB values 5, 9, 135 and HSL 238°, 93%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#050987#050987
HEX#050987
RGBrgb(5, 9, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0353, 0.5294
RGB percentages2%, 3.5%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(238.2, 92.9%, 27.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.2, 96.3%, 52.9%)
CMYK96.3%, 93.3%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer330,119
CSS custom property--colour: #050987;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01977WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness46.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.05:1
Contrast with white15.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#111111
Inverted#FAF678

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002D8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Deuteranopia#001F85no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Tritanopia#00374Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 2.8Dark blue · ΔE 5.6Indigo · ΔE 14Midnight blue · ΔE 21.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.3Slate blue · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 2.79, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#878305
Analogous#054A87, #420587
Triadic#870509, #098705
Split complementary#874205, #4A8705
Tetradic#87054A, #878305, #058742

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5F64F9
Lighter +30%#2E34F7
Lighter +20%#0910E9
Lighter +10%#070CB8
Darker −10%#030656
Darker −20%#010225
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00048C
Less saturated −25%#171976

Channel breakdown

R5
G9
B135
Red5 (2%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue238.15°
Saturation (HSL)92.86%
Lightness27.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 09 · B 87

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