Colour

#6B608D

#6B608D
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#6B608D is a blue with RGB values 107, 96, 141 and HSL 255°, 19%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#6B608D

RGBrgb(107, 96, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.3765, 0.5529

RGB percentages42%, 37.6%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(254.7, 19%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(254.7, 31.9%, 55.3%)

CMYK24.1%, 31.9%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,037,069

CSS custom property--colour: #6B608D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13415WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.7:1

Contrast with white5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#949F72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#55678Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#56668Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Tritanopia#646770no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 22.6 Slate grey · ΔE 23 Light slate grey · ΔE 24.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.4 Dim grey · ΔE 27.5 Gray · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 22.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#828D60

Analogous#606C8D, #81608D

Triadic#8D6B60, #608D6B

Split complementary#8D8160, #6C8D60

Tetradic#8D606C, #828D60, #608D81

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9D6E3

Lighter +30%#BDB8CE

Lighter +20%#A199BA

Lighter +10%#857BA5

Darker −10%#544B6F

Darker −20%#3D3750

Darker −30%#262232

Darker −40%#0F0D14

More saturated +25%#5C42AB

Less saturated −25%#767676

Channel breakdown

R107

G96

B141

Red107 (42%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue254.67°

Saturation (HSL)18.99%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6B · G 60 · B 8D

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