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Colour

#006BDB

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

#006BDB is a blue with RGB values 0, 107, 219 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

#006BDB#006BDB
HEX#006BDB
RGBrgb(0, 107, 219)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4196, 0.8588
RGB percentages0%, 42%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(210.7, 100%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.7, 100%, 85.9%)
CMYK100%, 51.1%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer27,611
CSS custom property--colour: #006BDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1563WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.09:1
Contrast with white5.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#FF9424

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1977DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#008799no 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 text5.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 8.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 15.2Slate blue · ΔE 19.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.8Medium purple · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 8.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB7000
Analogous#00D8DB, #0300DB
Triadic#DB006B, #6BDB00
Split complementary#DB0300, #D8DB00
Tetradic#DB00D8, #DB7000, #00DB03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A8D3FF
Lighter +30%#75B8FF
Lighter +20%#429EFF
Lighter +10%#0F84FF
Darker −10%#0052A8
Darker −20%#003975
Darker −30%#002042
Darker −40%#00070F
More saturated +25%#006BDB
Less saturated −25%#1B6CC0

Channel breakdown

R0
G107
B219
Red0 (0%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue210.68°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 6B · B DB

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