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Recognised as Colour

#606AEE

  • #606AEE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#606AEE is a blue with RGB values 96, 106, 238 and HSL 236°, 81%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#606AEE#606AEE
HEX#606AEE
RGBrgb(96, 106, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.4157, 0.9333
RGB percentages37.6%, 41.6%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(235.8, 80.7%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(235.8, 59.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK59.7%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,318,830
CSS custom property--colour: #606AEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.79:1
Contrast with white4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#9F9511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007FF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Tritanopia#0089A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 6.9Royal blue · ΔE 9.4Slate blue · ΔE 11.5Medium purple · ΔE 18.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 6.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEE460
Analogous#60B1EE, #9D60EE
Triadic#EE606A, #6AEE60
Split complementary#EE9D60, #B1EE60
Tetradic#EE60B1, #EEE460, #60EE9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAECFD
Lighter +20%#BCC0F8
Lighter +10%#8E95F3
Darker −10%#323FE9
Darker −20%#1624D2
Darker −30%#111CA4
Darker −40%#0D1475
More saturated +25%#4F5BFF
Less saturated −25%#767DD8

Channel breakdown

R96
G106
B238
Red96 (37.6%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue235.77°
Saturation (HSL)80.68%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 6A · B EE

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