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Recognised as Colour

#6A707F

  • #6A707F
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#6A707F is a blue with RGB values 106, 112, 127 and HSL 223°, 9%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#6A707F#6A707F
HEX#6A707F
RGBrgb(106, 112, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.4392, 0.498
RGB percentages41.6%, 43.9%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(222.9, 9%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 16.5%, 49.8%)
CMYK16.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,975,615
CSS custom property--colour: #6A707F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16185WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.1 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 black4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#958F80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6C7180no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A6F7Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#657375no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 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 text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 6.7Dim grey · ΔE 9.5Light slate grey · ΔE 9.5Gray · ΔE 11.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.1Dark grey · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 6.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7F796A
Analogous#6A7A7F, #6E6A7F
Triadic#7F6A70, #707F6A
Split complementary#7F6F6A, #7A7F6A
Tetradic#7F6A7A, #7F796A, #6A7F6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7D9DE
Lighter +30%#BBBFC7
Lighter +20%#A0A4AF
Lighter +10%#848A98
Darker −10%#535763
Darker −20%#3C3F47
Darker −30%#24262C
Darker −40%#0D0E10
More saturated +25%#4D649C
Less saturated −25%#757575

Channel breakdown

R106
G112
B127
Red106 (41.6%)
Green112 (43.9%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)9.01%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 70 · B 7F

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