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Recognised as Colour

#6A8FAC

  • #6A8FAC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#6A8FAC is a blue with RGB values 106, 143, 172 and HSL 206°, 28%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#6A8FAC#6A8FAC
HEX#6A8FAC
RGBrgb(106, 143, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.5608, 0.6745
RGB percentages41.6%, 56.1%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(206.4, 28.4%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.4, 38.4%, 67.5%)
CMYK38.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,983,596
CSS custom property--colour: #6A8FAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25688WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.14:1
Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#957053

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#838FADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A88ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Tritanopia#539698no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9Slate grey · ΔE 10.5Steel blue · ΔE 14Cadetblue · ΔE 19Gray · ΔE 20.5Light steelblue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC876A
Analogous#6AACA8, #6A6EAC
Triadic#AC6A8F, #8FAC6A
Split complementary#AC6A6E, #ACA86A
Tetradic#A86AAC, #AC876A, #6EAC6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDF1F5
Lighter +30%#CCD9E3
Lighter +20%#ACC0D0
Lighter +10%#8BA8BE
Darker −10%#517592
Darker −20%#3F5B71
Darker −30%#2D4150
Darker −40%#1A2630
More saturated +25%#4D93C9
Less saturated −25%#878B8F

Channel breakdown

R106
G143
B172
Red106 (41.6%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue206.36°
Saturation (HSL)28.45%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 8F · B AC

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