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Recognised as Colour

#6056BC

  • #6056BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6056BC is a blue with RGB values 96, 86, 188 and HSL 246°, 43%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#6056BC#6056BC
HEX#6056BC
RGBrgb(96, 86, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.3373, 0.7373
RGB percentages37.6%, 33.7%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(245.9, 43.2%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.9, 54.3%, 73.7%)
CMYK48.9%, 54.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,313,660
CSS custom property--colour: #6056BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.91:1
Contrast with white5.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#9FA943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1E67C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#1761BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3F6D81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.55:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 7.6Medium purple · ΔE 14Royal blue · ΔE 14.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 7.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2BC56
Analogous#567FBC, #9356BC
Triadic#BC6056, #56BC60
Split complementary#BC9356, #7FBC56
Tetradic#BC567F, #B2BC56, #56BC93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E8F6
Lighter +30%#C7C4E7
Lighter +20%#A59FD9
Lighter +10%#827BCA
Darker −10%#493FA0
Darker −20%#38317B
Darker −30%#272257
Darker −40%#171432
More saturated +25%#4839DA
Less saturated −25%#78749F

Channel breakdown

R96
G86
B188
Red96 (37.6%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue245.88°
Saturation (HSL)43.22%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 56 · B BC

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