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Recognised as Colour

#6161D3

  • #6161D3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6161D3 is a blue with RGB values 97, 97, 211 and HSL 240°, 56%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#6161D3#6161D3
HEX#6161D3
RGBrgb(97, 97, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.3804, 0.8275
RGB percentages38%, 38%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(240, 56.4%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 54%, 82.7%)
CMYK54%, 54%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,382,035
CSS custom property--colour: #6161D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15794WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.05:1
Contrast with white5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#9E9E2C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1A73D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AD1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Tritanopia#2B7B91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 4.6Royal blue · ΔE 8.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.5Medium purple · ΔE 13.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 4.62, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3D361
Analogous#619AD3, #9A61D3
Triadic#D36161, #61D361
Split complementary#D39A61, #9AD361
Tetradic#D3619A, #D3D361, #61D39A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D9D9F4
Lighter +20%#B1B1E9
Lighter +10%#8989DE
Darker −10%#3939C8
Darker −20%#2D2DA1
Darker −30%#222279
Darker −40%#171751
More saturated +25%#4848EC
Less saturated −25%#7A7ABA

Channel breakdown

R97
G97
B211
Red97 (38%)
Green97 (38%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)56.44%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 61 · B D3

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