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Recognised as Colour

#6099B4

  • #6099B4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#6099B4 is a cyan with RGB values 96, 153, 180 and HSL 199°, 36%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#6099B4#6099B4
HEX#6099B4
RGBrgb(96, 153, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.6, 0.7059
RGB percentages37.6%, 60%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(199.3, 35.9%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.3, 46.7%, 70.6%)
CMYK46.7%, 15%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,330,804
CSS custom property--colour: #6099B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28565WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.71:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#9F664B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B97B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F8EB4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Tritanopia#39A1A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 13.4Cadetblue · ΔE 15Slate grey · ΔE 15.1Steel blue · ΔE 16.3Sky blue · ΔE 19.2Light steelblue · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 13.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B47B60
Analogous#60B4A5, #606FB4
Triadic#B46099, #99B460
Split complementary#B4606F, #B4A560
Tetradic#A560B4, #B47B60, #6FB460

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBF2F5
Lighter +30%#C8DCE5
Lighter +20%#A5C5D5
Lighter +10%#83AFC4
Darker −10%#487F99
Darker −20%#386276
Darker −30%#274554
Darker −40%#172931
More saturated +25%#43A3D1
Less saturated −25%#7D8F97

Channel breakdown

R96
G153
B180
Red96 (37.6%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue199.29°
Saturation (HSL)35.9%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 99 · B B4

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