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Recognised as Colour

#051158

  • #051158
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#051158 is a blue with RGB values 5, 17, 88 and HSL 231°, 89%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#051158#051158
HEX#051158
RGBrgb(5, 17, 88)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.0667, 0.3451
RGB percentages2%, 6.7%, 34.5%
HSLhsl(231.3, 89.2%, 18.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.3, 94.3%, 34.5%)
CMYK94.3%, 80.7%, 0%, 65.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer332,120
CSS custom property--colour: #051158;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness32.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.11:1
Contrast with white17.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#141414
Inverted#FAEEA7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00205Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#001757no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#002633no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.6Indigo · ΔE 29.4Navy · ΔE 30.4Dark blue · ΔE 35.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#584C05
Analogous#053A58, #230558
Triadic#580511, #115805
Split complementary#582305, #3A5805
Tetradic#58053A, #584C05, #055823

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3551F4
Lighter +30%#0D2DE9
Lighter +20%#0A24B9
Lighter +10%#081A88
Darker −10%#020828
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000D5D
Less saturated −25%#11194C

Channel breakdown

R5
G17
B88
Red5 (2%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue88 (34.5%)
Hue231.33°
Saturation (HSL)89.25%
Lightness18.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 11 · B 58

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