Colour

#006ADA

#006ADA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#006ADA is a blue with RGB values 0, 106, 218 and HSL 211°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#006ADA#006ADA

HEX#006ADA

RGBrgb(0, 106, 218)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4157, 0.8549

RGB percentages0%, 41.6%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(210.8, 100%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(210.8, 100%, 85.5%)

CMYK100%, 51.4%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer27,354

CSS custom property--colour: #006ADA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.15:1

Contrast with white5.15:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#FF9525

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1677DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0065D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#008698no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 8.3 Dodgerblue · ΔE 15.7 Slate blue · ΔE 18.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.4 Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.6 Medium purple · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 8.25, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DA7000

Analogous#00D7DA, #0300DA

Triadic#DA006A, #6ADA00

Split complementary#DA0300, #D7DA00

Tetradic#DA00D7, #DA7000, #00DA03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A7D2FF

Lighter +30%#74B8FF

Lighter +20%#419DFF

Lighter +10%#0E83FF

Darker −10%#0051A7

Darker −20%#003874

Darker −30%#002041

Darker −40%#00070E

More saturated +25%#006ADA

Less saturated −25%#1B6BBF

Channel breakdown

G106

B218

Red0 (0%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue210.83°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 6A · B DA

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