Recognised as Colour

#06154C

#06154C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#06154C is a blue with RGB values 6, 21, 76 and HSL 227°, 85%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#06154C#06154C

HEX#06154C

RGBrgb(6, 21, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.0824, 0.298

RGB percentages2.4%, 8.2%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(227.1, 85.4%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(227.1, 92.1%, 29.8%)

CMYK92.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer398,668

CSS custom property--colour: #06154C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness30.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.22:1

Contrast with white17.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#161616

Inverted#F9EAB3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001E4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#00184Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00242Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 20.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 35.7 Indigo · ΔE 39.3 Black · ΔE 41.2 Navy · ΔE 41.4

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 20.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4C3D06

Analogous#06384C, #1A064C

Triadic#4C0615, #154C06

Split complementary#4C1A06, #384C06

Tetradic#4C0638, #4C3D06, #064C1A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2F58EF

Lighter +30%#113CDA

Lighter +20%#0D2FAB

Lighter +10%#0A227B

Darker −10%#02081D

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#001252

Less saturated −25%#101B42

Channel breakdown

G21

B76

Red6 (2.4%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue227.14°

Saturation (HSL)85.37%

Lightness16.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 06 · G 15 · B 4C

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