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Recognised as Colour

#616A7E

  • #616A7E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#616A7E is a blue with RGB values 97, 106, 126 and HSL 221°, 13%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#616A7E#616A7E
HEX#616A7E
RGBrgb(97, 106, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.4157, 0.4941
RGB percentages38%, 41.6%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(221.4, 13%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.4, 23%, 49.4%)
CMYK23%, 15.9%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,384,254
CSS custom property--colour: #616A7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14356WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.42:1
Contrast with white5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#9E9581

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#646B7Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#61697Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#5A6E71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.87:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 9Light slate grey · ΔE 11.8Dim grey · ΔE 12.3Gray · ΔE 15.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.6Steel blue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 8.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E7561
Analogous#61797E, #66617E
Triadic#7E616A, #6A7E61
Split complementary#7E6661, #797E61
Tetradic#7E6179, #7E7561, #617E66

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D0D3DB
Lighter +30%#B3B9C5
Lighter +20%#969EAF
Lighter +10%#7A8398
Darker −10%#4B5261
Darker −20%#353A44
Darker −30%#1E2128
Darker −40%#08090B
More saturated +25%#455F9A
Less saturated −25%#707070

Channel breakdown

R97
G106
B126
Red97 (38%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue221.38°
Saturation (HSL)13%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 6A · B 7E

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