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Recognised as Colour

#6677BA

  • #6677BA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#6677BA is a blue with RGB values 102, 119, 186 and HSL 228°, 38%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#6677BA#6677BA
HEX#6677BA
RGBrgb(102, 119, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.4667, 0.7294
RGB percentages40%, 46.7%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(227.9, 37.8%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.9, 45.2%, 72.9%)
CMYK45.2%, 36%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,715,322
CSS custom property--colour: #6677BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19564WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.91:1
Contrast with white4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#998845

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F7EBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5777B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#488590no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.2Steel blue · ΔE 16.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.4Medium purple · ΔE 28.4Light slate grey · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BAA966
Analogous#66A1BA, #7F66BA
Triadic#BA6677, #77BA66
Split complementary#BA7F66, #A1BA66
Tetradic#BA66A1, #BAA966, #66BA7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F4F9
Lighter +30%#CFD5EA
Lighter +20%#ACB5DA
Lighter +10%#8996CA
Darker −10%#4A5CA3
Darker −20%#3A4880
Darker −30%#2A345D
Darker −40%#1A213A
More saturated +25%#4A66D6
Less saturated −25%#82889E

Channel breakdown

R102
G119
B186
Red102 (40%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue227.86°
Saturation (HSL)37.84%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 66 · G 77 · B BA

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