Recognised as Colour

#006BCC

#006BCC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dodgerblue

#006BCC is a blue with RGB values 0, 107, 204 and HSL 209°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dodgerblue.

Colour values

#006BCC#006BCC

HEX#006BCC

RGBrgb(0, 107, 204)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4196, 0.8

RGB percentages0%, 42%, 80%

HSLhsl(208.5, 100%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(208.5, 100%, 80%)

CMYK100%, 47.5%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer27,596

CSS custom property--colour: #006BCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14875WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.28:1

Contrast with white5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#FF9433

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3174D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0064CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#008391no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dodgerblue · ΔE 15.4 Royal blue · ΔE 16.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.5 Slate blue · ΔE 24 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.3 Medium purple · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourDodgerblue (#1E90FF)ΔE 15.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CC6100

Analogous#00CCC7, #0005CC

Triadic#CC006B, #6BCC00

Split complementary#CC0005, #CCC700

Tetradic#C700CC, #CC6100, #05CC00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#99CFFF

Lighter +30%#66B6FF

Lighter +20%#339EFF

Lighter +10%#0086FF

Darker −10%#005099

Darker −20%#003666

Darker −30%#001B33

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006BCC

Less saturated −25%#196AB3

Channel breakdown

G107

B204

Red0 (0%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue208.53°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 6B · B CC

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