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Recognised as Colour

#053096

  • #053096
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#053096 is a blue with RGB values 5, 48, 150 and HSL 222°, 94%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#053096#053096
HEX#053096
RGBrgb(5, 48, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.1882, 0.5882
RGB percentages2%, 18.8%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(222.2, 93.5%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.2, 96.7%, 58.8%)
CMYK96.7%, 68%, 0%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer340,118
CSS custom property--colour: #053096;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness62.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.23:1
Contrast with white11.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#FACF69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004299no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003494no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#004C5Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 13Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.2Slate blue · ΔE 21.5Navy · ΔE 22Indigo · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#966B05
Analogous#057896, #230596
Triadic#960530, #309605
Split complementary#962205, #799605
Tetradic#960578, #966B05, #059622

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6D97FA
Lighter +30%#3C74F8
Lighter +20%#0A50F7
Lighter +10%#0740C7
Darker −10%#032065
Darker −20%#021033
Darker −30%#000102
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#002E9B
Less saturated −25%#183883

Channel breakdown

R5
G48
B150
Red5 (2%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue222.21°
Saturation (HSL)93.55%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 30 · B 96

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