Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#056580

  • #056580
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#056580 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 101, 128 and HSL 193°, 92%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#056580#056580
HEX#056580
RGBrgb(5, 101, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.3961, 0.502
RGB percentages2%, 39.6%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(193.2, 92.5%, 26.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.2, 96.1%, 50.2%)
CMYK96.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer353,664
CSS custom property--colour: #056580;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.6:1
Contrast with white6.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#FA9A7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#566381no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#475880no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#006D6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 19.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.1Slate grey · ΔE 21.4Teal · ΔE 21.7Light slate grey · ΔE 23.1Dark cyan · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 19.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#802005
Analogous#05805E, #052780
Triadic#800565, #658005
Split complementary#800527, #805E05
Tetradic#5E0580, #802005, #278005

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#59D5F8
Lighter +30%#27C9F7
Lighter +20%#09B2E2
Lighter +10%#078CB1
Darker −10%#033E4F
Darker −20%#01181E
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006885
Less saturated −25%#165C6F

Channel breakdown

R5
G101
B128
Red5 (2%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue193.17°
Saturation (HSL)92.48%
Lightness26.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 65 · B 80

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “hex 056580” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.