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Recognised as Colour

#6755BB

  • #6755BB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6755BB is a blue with RGB values 103, 85, 187 and HSL 251°, 43%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#6755BB#6755BB
HEX#6755BB
RGBrgb(103, 85, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.3333, 0.7333
RGB percentages40.4%, 33.3%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(250.6, 42.9%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.6, 54.5%, 73.3%)
CMYK44.9%, 54.5%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,772,155
CSS custom property--colour: #6755BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.84:1
Contrast with white5.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#98AA44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2067BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#2062B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Tritanopia#4D6B80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 7.4Medium purple · ΔE 12.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.6Royal blue · ΔE 16.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 7.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9BB55
Analogous#5576BB, #9A55BB
Triadic#BB6755, #55BB67
Split complementary#BB9A55, #76BB55
Tetradic#BB5576, #A9BB55, #55BB9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E7F5
Lighter +30%#C9C2E7
Lighter +20%#A89ED8
Lighter +10%#8879CA
Darker −10%#503F9E
Darker −20%#3D3179
Darker −30%#2B2255
Darker −40%#191331
More saturated +25%#5437D9
Less saturated −25%#7A739D

Channel breakdown

R103
G85
B187
Red103 (40.4%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue250.59°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 67 · G 55 · B BB

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