Colour

#006BF8

#006BF8
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#006BF8 is a blue with RGB values 0, 107, 248 and HSL 214°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

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HEX#006BF8

RGBrgb(0, 107, 248)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4196, 0.9725

RGB percentages0%, 42%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(214.1, 100%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(214.1, 100%, 97.3%)

CMYK100%, 56.9%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer27,640

CSS custom property--colour: #006BF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17293WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.71:1

Contrast with white4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#FF9407

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007EFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#006AF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#008FA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 12.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.8 Slate blue · ΔE 20.6 Dodgerblue · ΔE 26 Medium purple · ΔE 28.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 36.3

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 12.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F88D00

Analogous#00E7F8, #1100F8

Triadic#F8006B, #6BF800

Split complementary#F81100, #E7F800

Tetradic#F800E7, #F88D00, #00F811

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C5DEFF

Lighter +30%#92C1FF

Lighter +20%#5FA4FF

Lighter +10%#2C87FF

Darker −10%#0055C5

Darker −20%#003F92

Darker −30%#00295F

Darker −40%#00132C

More saturated +25%#006BF8

Less saturated −25%#1F6FD9

Channel breakdown

G107

B248

Red0 (0%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue214.11°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 6B · B F8

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