Helvetia Blue #005B8D

#005B8Doklch(0.4524 0.1090 242.8)

Helvetia Blue (#005B8D) is a dark muted blue. In OKLCH it has lightness 45.2%, chroma 0.109 and hue 242.8°; its relative luminance is 9.4%. White text reads best on it (APCA Lc 90, WCAG 7.29:1). The closest RAL Classic paint is RAL 5019 Capri blue (ΔE00 2.1). In plain ISCC-NBS terms it is a moderate blue. It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.4).

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HEX	#005B8D
RGB	rgb(0 91 141)
HSL	hsl(201.3 100.0% 27.6%)
HSB / HSV	hsb(201.3 100.0% 55.3%)
HWB	hwb(201.3 0.0% 44.7%)
CMYK (formula)	cmyk(100/35/0/45)
CMYK (FOGRA39 coated)	cmyk(93/60/22/6)
CIELAB (D50)	lab(36.20 -8.41 -34.77)
LCh	lch(36.20 35.77 256.4)
OKLab	oklab(0.4524 -0.0498 -0.0970)
OKLCH	oklch(0.4524 0.1090 242.8)
CIE XYZ (D65)	color(xyz-d65 0.08548 0.09405 0.26565)
CIE xyY	xyY(0.1920 0.2113 0.0940)
Display P3	color(display-p3 0.1454 0.3511 0.5372)
Linear sRGB	color(srgb-linear 0.00000 0.10462 0.26636)
CSS name	—