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Colour

#006BD6

  • #006BD6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#006BD6 is a blue with RGB values 0, 107, 214 and HSL 210°, 100%, 42%. 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

#006BD6#006BD6
HEX#006BD6
RGBrgb(0, 107, 214)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4196, 0.8392
RGB percentages0%, 42%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(210, 100%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 100%, 83.9%)
CMYK100%, 50%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer27,606
CSS custom property--colour: #006BD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.3 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#FF9429

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2376DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#008596no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.7 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 10.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 14.7Slate blue · ΔE 20.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.2Medium purple · ΔE 25.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 10.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D66B00
Analogous#00D6D6, #0000D6
Triadic#D6006B, #6BD600
Split complementary#D60000, #D6D600
Tetradic#D600D6, #D66B00, #00D600

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A3D1FF
Lighter +30%#70B8FF
Lighter +20%#3D9EFF
Lighter +10%#0A85FF
Darker −10%#0052A3
Darker −20%#003870
Darker −30%#001F3D
Darker −40%#00050A
More saturated +25%#006BD6
Less saturated −25%#1B6BBB

Channel breakdown

R0
G107
B214
Red0 (0%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness41.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 6B · B D6

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