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Recognised as Colour

#6AADFF

  • #6AADFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#6AADFF is a blue with RGB values 106, 173, 255 and HSL 213°, 100%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#6AADFF#6AADFF
HEX#6AADFF
RGBrgb(106, 173, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.6784, 1
RGB percentages41.6%, 67.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(213, 100%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213, 58.4%, 100%)
CMYK58.4%, 32.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,991,359
CSS custom property--colour: #6AADFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40171WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.03:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#955200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8BB2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#77A4FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.8Steel blue · ΔE 23.6Light skyblue · ΔE 24.9Sky blue · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFBC6A
Analogous#6AF8FF, #716AFF
Triadic#FF6AAD, #ADFF6A
Split complementary#FF716A, #F8FF6A
Tetradic#FF6AF8, #FFBC6A, #6AFF71

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D0E5FF
Lighter +10%#9DC9FF
Darker −10%#3791FF
Darker −20%#0475FF
Darker −30%#005ED0
Darker −40%#00479D
More saturated +25%#6AADFF
Less saturated −25%#7DAFEC

Channel breakdown

R106
G173
B255
Red106 (41.6%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue213.02°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G AD · B FF

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