Colour

#006BDA

#006BDA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#006BDA is a blue with RGB values 0, 107, 218 and HSL 211°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#006BDA#006BDA

HEX#006BDA

RGBrgb(0, 107, 218)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4196, 0.8549

RGB percentages0%, 42%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(210.6, 100%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(210.6, 100%, 85.5%)

CMYK100%, 50.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer27,610

CSS custom property--colour: #006BDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.1:1

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

Contrast with black4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#FF9425

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1B77DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0066D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#008798no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.3 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 8.9 Dodgerblue · ΔE 15.1 Slate blue · ΔE 19.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.2 Medium purple · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 8.9, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DA6F00

Analogous#00D8DA, #0200DA

Triadic#DA006B, #6BDA00

Split complementary#DA0200, #D8DA00

Tetradic#DA00D8, #DA6F00, #00DA02

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A7D2FF

Lighter +30%#74B8FF

Lighter +20%#419EFF

Lighter +10%#0E84FF

Darker −10%#0052A7

Darker −20%#003974

Darker −30%#002041

Darker −40%#00070E

More saturated +25%#006BDA

Less saturated −25%#1B6CBF

Channel breakdown

G107

B218

Red0 (0%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue210.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 6B · B DA

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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