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Recognised as Colour

#455E6C

  • #455E6C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#455E6C is a blue with RGB values 69, 94, 108 and HSL 202°, 22%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#455E6C#455E6C
HEX#455E6C
RGBrgb(69, 94, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.3686, 0.4235
RGB percentages27.1%, 36.9%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(201.5, 22%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.5, 36.1%, 42.4%)
CMYK36.1%, 13%, 0%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,546,156
CSS custom property--colour: #455E6C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10353WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.84:1
Contrast with white6.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#BAA193

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#575D6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#52596Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#386262no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12Dim grey · ΔE 13.6Slate grey · ΔE 14.8Light slate grey · ΔE 17.8Gray · ΔE 19.5Teal · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 11.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6C5345
Analogous#456C67, #454A6C
Triadic#6C455E, #5E6C45
Split complementary#6C454A, #6C6745
Tetradic#67456C, #6C5345, #4A6C45

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0C3CD
Lighter +30%#91ABB9
Lighter +20%#7293A5
Lighter +10%#59798B
Darker −10%#31434D
Darker −20%#1D282E
Darker −30%#090D0F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2F6482
Less saturated −25%#595959

Channel breakdown

R69
G94
B108
Red69 (27.1%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue201.54°
Saturation (HSL)22.03%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 5E · B 6C

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