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Colour

#006CDB

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

#006CDB is a blue with RGB values 0, 108, 219 and HSL 210°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#006CDB#006CDB
HEX#006CDB
RGBrgb(0, 108, 219)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4235, 0.8588
RGB percentages0%, 42.4%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(210.4, 100%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.4, 100%, 85.9%)
CMYK100%, 50.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer27,867
CSS custom property--colour: #006CDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.04:1
Contrast with white5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#FF9324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1E78DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067D9no 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 61.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 9.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 14.6Slate blue · ΔE 19.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.4Medium purple · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 9.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB6F00
Analogous#00DADB, #0100DB
Triadic#DB006C, #6CDB00
Split complementary#DB0100, #DADB00
Tetradic#DB00DA, #DB6F00, #00DB01

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A8D3FF
Lighter +30%#75B9FF
Lighter +20%#429FFF
Lighter +10%#0F85FF
Darker −10%#0053A8
Darker −20%#003A75
Darker −30%#002142
Darker −40%#00070F
More saturated +25%#006CDB
Less saturated −25%#1B6CC0

Channel breakdown

R0
G108
B219
Red0 (0%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue210.41°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 6C · B DB

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