Recognised as Colour

#060EA6

#060EA6
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#060EA6 is a blue with RGB values 6, 14, 166 and HSL 237°, 93%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#060EA6#060EA6

HEX#060EA6

RGBrgb(6, 14, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.0549, 0.651

RGB percentages2.4%, 5.5%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(237, 93%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(237, 96.4%, 65.1%)

CMYK96.4%, 91.6%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer396,966

CSS custom property--colour: #060EA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03106WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.95:1

Contrast with white12.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#F9F159

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0039AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0028A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Tritanopia#004561no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 9.7 Navy · ΔE 14.7 Medium blue · ΔE 21.3 Indigo · ΔE 22.6 Blue violet · ΔE 27.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 9.65, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A69E06

Analogous#065EA6, #4E06A6

Triadic#A6060E, #0EA606

Split complementary#A64E06, #5EA606

Tetradic#A6065E, #A69E06, #06A64E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7E84FA

Lighter +30%#4C55F9

Lighter +20%#1B26F7

Lighter +10%#0812D7

Darker −10%#040A75

Darker −20%#020644

Darker −30%#010212

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0009AC

Less saturated −25%#1C2191

Channel breakdown

G14

B166

Red6 (2.4%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue237°

Saturation (HSL)93.02%

Lightness33.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 06 · G 0E · B A6

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