Recognised as Colour

#068BFE

#068BFE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dodgerblue

#068BFE is a blue with RGB values 6, 139, 254 and HSL 208°, 99%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dodgerblue.

Colour values

#068BFE#068BFE

HEX#068BFE

RGBrgb(6, 139, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.5451, 0.9961

RGB percentages2.4%, 54.5%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(207.8, 99.2%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(207.8, 97.6%, 99.6%)

CMYK97.6%, 45.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer429,054

CSS custom property--colour: #068BFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.13:1

Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.13:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#F97401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A95FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0081FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Tritanopia#00A7B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dodgerblue · ΔE 3.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.9 Royal blue · ΔE 17.6 Slate blue · ΔE 28.3 Medium purple · ΔE 29.6 Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourDodgerblue (#1E90FF)ΔE 3.25, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FE7906

Analogous#06FEF5, #060FFE

Triadic#FE068B, #8BFE06

Split complementary#FE060F, #FEF506

Tetradic#F506FE, #FE7906, #0FFE06

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1EAFF

Lighter +30%#9ED2FF

Lighter +20%#6CBAFE

Lighter +10%#39A3FE

Darker −10%#0170D0

Darker −20%#01559D

Darker −30%#00396B

Darker −40%#001E38

More saturated +25%#058BFF

Less saturated −25%#2589DF

Channel breakdown

G139

B254

Red6 (2.4%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue207.82°

Saturation (HSL)99.2%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 06 · G 8B · B FE

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