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Recognised as Colour

#6165DD

  • #6165DD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6165DD is a blue with RGB values 97, 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

#6165DD#6165DD
HEX#6165DD
RGBrgb(97, 101, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.3961, 0.8667
RGB percentages38%, 39.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(238.1, 64.6%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.1, 56.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK56.1%, 54.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,383,069
CSS custom property--colour: #6165DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.76:1
Contrast with white4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#9E9A22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1478E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Tritanopia#1B8197no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 6.3Royal blue · ΔE 7.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.9Medium purple · ΔE 14.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 6.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDD961
Analogous#61A3DD, #9B61DD
Triadic#DD6165, #65DD61
Split complementary#DD9B61, #A3DD61
Tetradic#DD61A3, #DDD961, #61DD9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFE0F8
Lighter +20%#B5B7EF
Lighter +10%#8B8EE6
Darker −10%#373CD4
Darker −20%#262BB2
Darker −30%#1D2188
Darker −40%#14175E
More saturated +25%#494FF5
Less saturated −25%#797BC5

Channel breakdown

R97
G101
B221
Red97 (38%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue238.06°
Saturation (HSL)64.58%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 65 · B DD

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