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Recognised as Colour

#6694DB

  • #6694DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#6694DB is a blue with RGB values 102, 148, 219 and HSL 216°, 62%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#6694DB#6694DB
HEX#6694DB
RGBrgb(102, 148, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.5804, 0.8588
RGB percentages40%, 58%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(216.4, 61.9%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.4, 53.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK53.4%, 32.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,722,779
CSS custom property--colour: #6694DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.82:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#996B24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7899DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#698ED9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#24A4AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.6Steel blue · ΔE 15Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.2Light skyblue · ΔE 27.4Light slate grey · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBAD66
Analogous#66CFDB, #7266DB
Triadic#DB6694, #94DB66
Split complementary#DB7366, #CFDB66
Tetradic#DB66CF, #DBAD66, #66DB73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2EBF8
Lighter +20%#B9CEEE
Lighter +10%#8FB1E5
Darker −10%#3D77D1
Darker −20%#2A5FB1
Darker −30%#204988
Darker −40%#16335F
More saturated +25%#4E8FF3
Less saturated −25%#7E99C3

Channel breakdown

R102
G148
B219
Red102 (40%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue216.41°
Saturation (HSL)61.9%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 66 · G 94 · B DB

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