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Recognised as Colour

#6065DD

  • #6065DD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6065DD is a blue with RGB values 96, 101, 221 and HSL 238°, 65%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#6065DD#6065DD
HEX#6065DD
RGBrgb(96, 101, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.3961, 0.8667
RGB percentages37.6%, 39.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(237.6, 64.8%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.6, 56.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK56.6%, 54.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,317,533
CSS custom property--colour: #6065DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17015WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1
Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#9F9A22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1378E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#158197no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 6.5Royal blue · ΔE 6.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.1Medium purple · ΔE 14.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 6.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDD860
Analogous#60A3DD, #9A60DD
Triadic#DD6065, #65DD60
Split complementary#DD9A60, #A3DD60
Tetradic#DD60A4, #DDD860, #60DD9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DEDFF8
Lighter +20%#B4B6EF
Lighter +10%#8A8EE6
Darker −10%#363CD4
Darker −20%#262BB1
Darker −30%#1D2187
Darker −40%#14175D
More saturated +25%#484FF5
Less saturated −25%#787BC5

Channel breakdown

R96
G101
B221
Red96 (37.6%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue237.6°
Saturation (HSL)64.77%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 65 · B DD

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