Colour

#616A8E

#616A8E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#616A8E is a blue with RGB values 97, 106, 142 and HSL 228°, 19%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#616A8E#616A8E

HEX#616A8E

RGBrgb(97, 106, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.4157, 0.5569

RGB percentages38%, 41.6%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(228, 18.8%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(228, 31.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK31.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,384,270

CSS custom property--colour: #616A8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.3:1

Contrast with white5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#9E9571

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F6D90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C6A8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#557176no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 14.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 16.3 Steel blue · ΔE 16.4 Dim grey · ΔE 21.6 Gray · ΔE 23.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 14.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8E8561

Analogous#61818E, #6E618E

Triadic#8E616A, #6A8E61

Split complementary#8E6E61, #818E61

Tetradic#8E6181, #8E8561, #618E6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D7DAE4

Lighter +30%#B9BDCF

Lighter +20%#9BA1BA

Lighter +10%#7C85A6

Darker −10%#4C5370

Darker −20%#383D51

Darker −30%#232633

Darker −40%#0E1015

More saturated +25%#4358AC

Less saturated −25%#777777

Channel breakdown

R97

G106

B142

Red97 (38%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue228°

Saturation (HSL)18.83%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 61 · G 6A · B 8E

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