Colour

#006ED7

#006ED7
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#006ED7 is a blue with RGB values 0, 110, 215 and HSL 209°, 100%, 42%. 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

#006ED7#006ED7

HEX#006ED7

RGBrgb(0, 110, 215)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4314, 0.8431

RGB percentages0%, 43.1%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(209.3, 100%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(209.3, 100%, 84.3%)

CMYK100%, 48.8%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer28,375

CSS custom property--colour: #006ED7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16058WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.99:1

Contrast with white4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#FF9128

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C79DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0068D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#008898no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 12.6 Dodgerblue · ΔE 13.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.6 Slate blue · ΔE 21.8 Medium purple · ΔE 26 Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 12.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D76900

Analogous#00D7D4, #0003D7

Triadic#D7006E, #6ED700

Split complementary#D70003, #D7D400

Tetradic#D400D7, #D76900, #03D700

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A4D3FF

Lighter +30%#71BAFF

Lighter +20%#3EA1FF

Lighter +10%#0B88FF

Darker −10%#0054A4

Darker −20%#003A71

Darker −30%#00203E

Darker −40%#00060B

More saturated +25%#006ED7

Less saturated −25%#1B6DBC

Channel breakdown

G110

B215

Red0 (0%)

Green110 (43.1%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue209.3°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 6E · B D7

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