Recognised as Colour

#6A5ACD

#6A5ACD
Blue
Dark
Named: Slate blue

#6A5ACD is the CSS colour blue with RGB values 106, 90, 205 and HSL 248°, 53%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

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HEX#6A5ACD

RGBrgb(106, 90, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.3529, 0.8039

RGB percentages41.6%, 35.3%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(248.3, 53.5%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(248.3, 56.1%, 80.4%)

CMYK48.3%, 56.1%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,970,061

CSS custom property--colour: #6A5ACD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.31:1

Contrast with white5.31:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#95A532

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0E6FD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0668CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Tritanopia#48748Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 0 Medium slateblue · ΔE 11.4 Medium purple · ΔE 12.3 Royal blue · ΔE 12.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.6

This is a named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)exact match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableslateblue

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BDCD5A

Analogous#5A84CD, #A45ACD

Triadic#CD6A5A, #5ACD6A

Split complementary#CDA35A, #84CD5A

Tetradic#CD5A84, #BDCD5A, #5ACDA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F7F7FC

Lighter +30%#D4CFF1

Lighter +20%#B1A8E5

Lighter +10%#8D81D9

Darker −10%#4B39BB

Darker −20%#3B2D94

Darker −30%#2C216D

Darker −40%#1C1546

More saturated +25%#573FE8

Less saturated −25%#7D75B2

Channel breakdown

R106

G90

B205

Red106 (41.6%)

Green90 (35.3%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue248.35°

Saturation (HSL)53.49%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6A · G 5A · B CD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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