Recognised as Colour

#6A66BB

#6A66BB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#6A66BB is a blue with RGB values 106, 102, 187 and HSL 243°, 38%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#6A66BB#6A66BB

HEX#6A66BB

RGBrgb(106, 102, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.4, 0.7333

RGB percentages41.6%, 40%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(242.8, 38.5%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(242.8, 45.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK43.3%, 45.5%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,973,115

CSS custom property--colour: #6A66BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.96:1

Contrast with white4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#959944

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4573BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#426DB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Tritanopia#517787no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 16.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.7 Slate blue · ΔE 18.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21 Royal blue · ΔE 21 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 16.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B7BB66

Analogous#668DBB, #9466BB

Triadic#BB6A66, #66BB6A

Split complementary#BB9466, #8DBB66

Tetradic#BB668D, #B7BB66, #66BB94

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4F3FA

Lighter +30%#D1D0EA

Lighter +20%#AFADDA

Lighter +10%#8C89CB

Darker −10%#4E49A5

Darker −20%#3D3A81

Darker −30%#2C2A5E

Darker −40%#1C1A3B

More saturated +25%#514AD7

Less saturated −25%#83829F

Channel breakdown

R106

G102

B187

Red106 (41.6%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue242.82°

Saturation (HSL)38.46%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6A · G 66 · B BB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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