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Recognised as Colour

#6060D3

  • #6060D3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6060D3 is a blue with RGB values 96, 96, 211 and HSL 240°, 57%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#6060D3#6060D3
HEX#6060D3
RGBrgb(96, 96, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.3765, 0.8275
RGB percentages37.6%, 37.6%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(240, 56.7%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 54.5%, 82.7%)
CMYK54.5%, 54.5%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,316,243
CSS custom property--colour: #6060D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.11:1
Contrast with white5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#9F9F2C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1573D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Tritanopia#287A90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 4.3Royal blue · ΔE 8.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.1Medium purple · ΔE 13.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 4.34, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3D360
Analogous#609AD3, #9A60D3
Triadic#D36060, #60D360
Split complementary#D39A60, #9AD360
Tetradic#D3609A, #D3D360, #60D39A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D8D8F4
Lighter +20%#B0B0E9
Lighter +10%#8888DE
Darker −10%#3838C8
Darker −20%#2C2CA1
Darker −30%#212179
Darker −40%#161651
More saturated +25%#4747EC
Less saturated −25%#7979BA

Channel breakdown

R96
G96
B211
Red96 (37.6%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)56.65%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 60 · B D3

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