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Recognised as Colour

#06006A

  • #06006A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#06006A is a blue with RGB values 6, 0, 106 and HSL 243°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#06006A#06006A
HEX#06006A
RGBrgb(6, 0, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0, 0.4157
RGB percentages2.4%, 0%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(243.4, 100%, 20.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.4, 100%, 41.6%)
CMYK94.3%, 100%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer393,322
CSS custom property--colour: #06006A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness35.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.27:1
Contrast with white17.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#090909
Inverted#F9FF95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00206Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#001568no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00283Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 11Midnight blue · ΔE 13.4Indigo · ΔE 15Dark blue · ΔE 16.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#646A00
Analogous#002F6A, #3B006A
Triadic#6A0600, #006A06
Split complementary#6A3B00, #2F6A00
Tetradic#6A002F, #646A00, #006A3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4237FF
Lighter +30%#1204FF
Lighter +20%#0C00D0
Lighter +10%#09009D
Darker −10%#030037
Darker −20%#000004
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#06006A
Less saturated −25%#120D5D

Channel breakdown

R6
G0
B106
Red6 (2.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue243.4°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness20.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G 00 · B 6A

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