#565385
Prussian Blue · dark cool blue
About #565385
#565385 is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 34% red, 33% green and 52% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 38% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Prussian Blue and Steel Blue (ΔE 23.4); Steel Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #828553 — a moss tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #565385 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.07:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.07:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #565385?
#565385 is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 34% red, 33% green and 52% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 38% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #565385?
Use white text. White on #565385 has a contrast ratio of 7.07:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #565385?
Its complementary colour is #828553, and analogous partners are #536985 and #6F5385.