Colour

#006BFD

#006BFD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#006BFD is a blue with RGB values 0, 107, 253 and HSL 215°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#006BFD#006BFD

HEX#006BFD

RGBrgb(0, 107, 253)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4196, 0.9922

RGB percentages0%, 42%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(214.6, 100%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(214.6, 100%, 99.2%)

CMYK100%, 57.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer27,645

CSS custom property--colour: #006BFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17607WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.64:1

Contrast with white4.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.52:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#FF9402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

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

Tritanopia#0091AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 14.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.1 Slate blue · ΔE 22.1 Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.4 Medium purple · ΔE 30.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 37.6

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 14.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FD9200

Analogous#00EAFD, #1400FD

Triadic#FD006B, #6BFD00

Split complementary#FD1300, #EAFD00

Tetradic#FD00E9, #FD9200, #00FD13

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CAE0FF

Lighter +30%#97C3FF

Lighter +20%#64A6FF

Lighter +10%#3188FF

Darker −10%#0055CA

Darker −20%#004097

Darker −30%#002A64

Darker −40%#001531

More saturated +25%#006BFD

Less saturated −25%#2070DD

Channel breakdown

G107

B253

Red0 (0%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue214.62°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 6B · B FD

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