Colour

#006CFC

#006CFC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#006CFC is a blue with RGB values 0, 108, 252 and HSL 214°, 100%, 49%. 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

#006CFC#006CFC

HEX#006CFC

RGBrgb(0, 108, 252)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4235, 0.9882

RGB percentages0%, 42.4%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(214.3, 100%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(214.3, 100%, 98.8%)

CMYK100%, 57.1%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer27,900

CSS custom property--colour: #006CFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.61:1

Contrast with white4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#FF9303

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0080FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#006BF9no 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 77.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 13.6 Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.1 Slate blue · ΔE 21.6 Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.1 Medium purple · ΔE 29.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 37.3

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 13.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FC9000

Analogous#00EAFC, #1200FC

Triadic#FC006C, #6CFC00

Split complementary#FC1200, #EAFC00

Tetradic#FC00EA, #FC9000, #00FC12

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C9E0FF

Lighter +30%#96C3FF

Lighter +20%#63A6FF

Lighter +10%#3089FF

Darker −10%#0056C9

Darker −20%#004096

Darker −30%#002A63

Darker −40%#001530

More saturated +25%#006CFC

Less saturated −25%#2070DD

Channel breakdown

G108

B252

Red0 (0%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue214.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 6C · B FC

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