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Recognised as Colour

#6057DF

  • #6057DF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#6057DF is a blue with RGB values 96, 87, 223 and HSL 244°, 68%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#6057DF#6057DF
HEX#6057DF
RGBrgb(96, 87, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.3412, 0.8745
RGB percentages37.6%, 34.1%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(244, 68%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244, 61%, 87.5%)
CMYK57%, 61%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,313,951
CSS custom property--colour: #6057DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.35:1
Contrast with white5.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#9FA820

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#157893no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 7.7Slate blue · ΔE 12Royal blue · ΔE 15.7Medium purple · ΔE 21.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.6Dark orchid · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 7.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6DF57
Analogous#5792DF, #A457DF
Triadic#DF6057, #57DF60
Split complementary#DFA457, #92DF57
Tetradic#DF5792, #D6DF57, #57DFA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DAD8F7
Lighter +20%#B1ADEF
Lighter +10%#8982E7
Darker −10%#372CD7
Darker −20%#2B21AF
Darker −30%#201984
Darker −40%#161159
More saturated +25%#4A3EF8
Less saturated −25%#7670C6

Channel breakdown

R96
G87
B223
Red96 (37.6%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue243.97°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 57 · B DF

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