Recognised as Colour

#006DA8

#006DA8
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#006DA8 is a blue with RGB values 0, 109, 168 and HSL 201°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#006DA8

RGBrgb(0, 109, 168)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4275, 0.6588

RGB percentages0%, 42.7%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(201.1, 100%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(201.1, 100%, 65.9%)

CMYK100%, 35.1%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer28,072

CSS custom property--colour: #006DA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.6:1

Contrast with white5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#FF9257

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#506FAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original

Deuteranopia#3A62A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Tritanopia#007C82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 10.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.6 Slate grey · ΔE 29.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 30.2 Dodgerblue · ΔE 32.1 Deep skyblue · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 10.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A83B00

Analogous#00A88F, #0019A8

Triadic#A8006D, #6DA800

Split complementary#A80019, #A88F00

Tetradic#8F00A8, #A83B00, #19A800

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#75CFFF

Lighter +30%#42BDFF

Lighter +20%#0FABFF

Lighter +10%#008EDB

Darker −10%#004C75

Darker −20%#002B42

Darker −30%#000A0F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006DA8

Less saturated −25%#156793

Channel breakdown

G109

B168

Red0 (0%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue201.07°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 6D · B A8

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