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Recognised as Colour

#006EC6

  • #006EC6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#006EC6 is a blue with RGB values 0, 110, 198 and HSL 207°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#006EC6#006EC6
HEX#006EC6
RGBrgb(0, 110, 198)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4314, 0.7765
RGB percentages0%, 43.1%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(206.7, 100%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.7, 100%, 77.6%)
CMYK100%, 44.4%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer28,358
CSS custom property--colour: #006EC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.19:1
Contrast with white5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#FF9139

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3E75C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#1166C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Tritanopia#008390no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 17.1Royal blue · ΔE 22.3Steel blue · ΔE 24.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.1Slate blue · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C65800
Analogous#00C6BB, #000BC6
Triadic#C6006E, #6EC600
Split complementary#C6000B, #C6BB00
Tetradic#BB00C6, #C65800, #0BC600

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#93CFFF
Lighter +30%#60B8FF
Lighter +20%#2DA2FF
Lighter +10%#008AF9
Darker −10%#005293
Darker −20%#003560
Darker −30%#00192D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006EC6
Less saturated −25%#196BAD

Channel breakdown

R0
G110
B198
Red0 (0%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue206.67°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 6E · B C6

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