Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#6157DE

  • #6157DE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#6157DE is a blue with RGB values 97, 87, 222 and HSL 244°, 67%, 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

#6157DE#6157DE
HEX#6157DE
RGBrgb(97, 87, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.3412, 0.8706
RGB percentages38%, 34.1%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(244.4, 67.2%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244.4, 60.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK56.3%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,379,486
CSS custom property--colour: #6157DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14632WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.5 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#9EA821

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Tritanopia#1D7892no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.1 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 7.5Slate blue · ΔE 11.4Royal blue · ΔE 15.5Medium purple · ΔE 20.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.1Dark orchid · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4DE57
Analogous#5790DE, #A557DE
Triadic#DE6157, #57DE61
Split complementary#DEA557, #91DE57
Tetradic#DE5790, #D4DE57, #57DEA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D9D7F7
Lighter +20%#B1ACEF
Lighter +10%#8982E6
Darker −10%#392CD6
Darker −20%#2C22AD
Darker −30%#211A82
Darker −40%#161158
More saturated +25%#4C3EF7
Less saturated −25%#7670C5

Channel breakdown

R97
G87
B222
Red97 (38%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue244.44°
Saturation (HSL)67.16%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 57 · B DE

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “6157de” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.