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Recognised as Colour

#6978EE

  • #6978EE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#6978EE is a blue with RGB values 105, 120, 238 and HSL 233°, 80%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#6978EE#6978EE
HEX#6978EE
RGBrgb(105, 120, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.4706, 0.9333
RGB percentages41.2%, 47.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(233.2, 79.6%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.2, 55.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK55.9%, 49.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,912,238
CSS custom property--colour: #6978EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.52:1
Contrast with white3.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#968711

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3B89F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#257DECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Tritanopia#1A93A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.8:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 8Slate blue · ΔE 12.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.9Medium purple · ΔE 14.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 8.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEDF69
Analogous#69BAEE, #9D69EE
Triadic#EE6978, #78EE69
Split complementary#EE9D69, #BAEE69
Tetradic#EE69BA, #EEDF69, #69EE9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F4FE
Lighter +20%#C5CAF8
Lighter +10%#97A1F3
Darker −10%#3B4FE9
Darker −20%#192ED8
Darker −30%#1324AB
Darker −40%#0E1B7D
More saturated +25%#586BFF
Less saturated −25%#7E88D9

Channel breakdown

R105
G120
B238
Red105 (41.2%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue233.23°
Saturation (HSL)79.64%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 78 · B EE

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