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Recognised as Colour

#6B5CD2

  • #6B5CD2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6B5CD2 is a blue with RGB values 107, 92, 210 and HSL 248°, 57%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#6B5CD2#6B5CD2
HEX#6B5CD2
RGBrgb(107, 92, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.3608, 0.8235
RGB percentages42%, 36.1%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(247.6, 56.7%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.6, 56.2%, 82.4%)
CMYK49%, 56.2%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,036,114
CSS custom property--colour: #6B5CD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.14:1
Contrast with white5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#94A32D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0A71D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#006ACFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#46778Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 1.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.7Royal blue · ΔE 12Medium purple · ΔE 12.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 19Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 1.76, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C3D25C
Analogous#5C88D2, #A65CD2
Triadic#D26B5C, #5CD26B
Split complementary#D2A65C, #88D25C
Tetradic#D25C88, #C3D25C, #5CD2A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFCFE
Lighter +30%#D8D4F3
Lighter +20%#B4ACE8
Lighter +10%#8F84DD
Darker −10%#4836C5
Darker −20%#3A2B9D
Darker −30%#2B2075
Darker −40%#1C154D
More saturated +25%#5842EC
Less saturated −25%#7E76B8

Channel breakdown

R107
G92
B210
Red107 (42%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue247.63°
Saturation (HSL)56.73%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 5C · B D2

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