Recognised as Colour

#6A688E

#6A688E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#6A688E is a blue with RGB values 106, 104, 142 and HSL 243°, 15%, 48%. 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 grey.

Colour values

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HEX#6A688E

RGBrgb(106, 104, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.4078, 0.5569

RGB percentages41.6%, 40.8%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(243.2, 15.4%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(243.2, 26.8%, 55.7%)

CMYK25.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,973,582

CSS custom property--colour: #6A688E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1

Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#959771

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E6D90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D6B8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#626F75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 17.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 18.4 Steel blue · ΔE 19.3 Dim grey · ΔE 22.7 Gray · ΔE 24.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 17.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C8E68

Analogous#68798E, #7D688E

Triadic#8E6A68, #688E6A

Split complementary#8E7D68, #798E68

Tetradic#8E6879, #8C8E68, #688E7D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DDDCE6

Lighter +30%#C0BFD0

Lighter +20%#A3A1BB

Lighter +10%#8684A5

Darker −10%#545271

Darker −20%#3E3D53

Darker −30%#282736

Darker −40%#121218

More saturated +25%#4E49AD

Less saturated −25%#7B7B7B

Channel breakdown

R106

G104

B142

Red106 (41.6%)

Green104 (40.8%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue243.16°

Saturation (HSL)15.45%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6A · G 68 · B 8E

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Colour values

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