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Recognised as Colour

#6A60F5

  • #6A60F5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#6A60F5 is a blue with RGB values 106, 96, 245 and HSL 244°, 88%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#6A60F5#6A60F5
HEX#6A60F5
RGBrgb(106, 96, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.3765, 0.9608
RGB percentages41.6%, 37.6%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(244, 88.2%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244, 60.8%, 96.1%)
CMYK56.7%, 60.8%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,971,637
CSS custom property--colour: #6A60F5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18022WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.6:1
Contrast with white4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#959F0A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007BFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0070F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#1784A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.4Slate blue · ΔE 18.5Royal blue · ΔE 20.3Dark orchid · ΔE 25.3Medium purple · ΔE 25.4Blue violet · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBF560
Analogous#60A1F5, #B460F5
Triadic#F56A60, #60F56A
Split complementary#F5B560, #A1F560
Tetradic#F560A1, #EBF560, #60F5B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F0FE
Lighter +20%#C4C0FB
Lighter +10%#9790F8
Darker −10%#3D30F2
Darker −20%#1C0EE1
Darker −30%#160BB1
Darker −40%#100881
More saturated +25%#6156FF
Less saturated −25%#7C75E0

Channel breakdown

R106
G96
B245
Red106 (41.6%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue244.03°
Saturation (HSL)88.17%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 60 · B F5

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