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Recognised as Colour

#6867DD

  • #6867DD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6867DD is a blue with RGB values 104, 103, 221 and HSL 241°, 63%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#6867DD#6867DD
HEX#6867DD
RGBrgb(104, 103, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.4039, 0.8667
RGB percentages40.8%, 40.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(240.5, 63.4%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240.5, 53.4%, 86.7%)
CMYK52.9%, 53.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,842,333
CSS custom property--colour: #6867DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17864WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1
Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#979822

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#227AE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0971DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#348298no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 5.9Royal blue · ΔE 8.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.1Medium purple · ΔE 12.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 5.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCDD67
Analogous#67A1DD, #A367DD
Triadic#DD6867, #67DD68
Split complementary#DDA367, #A1DD67
Tetradic#DD67A1, #DCDD67, #67DDA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4E4F9
Lighter +20%#BBBAF0
Lighter +10%#9191E6
Darker −10%#3F3DD4
Darker −20%#2A29B5
Darker −30%#201F8C
Darker −40%#171662
More saturated +25%#5150F4
Less saturated −25%#7F7EC6

Channel breakdown

R104
G103
B221
Red104 (40.8%)
Green103 (40.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue240.51°
Saturation (HSL)63.44%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 67 · B DD

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