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Recognised as Colour

#6B65BD

  • #6B65BD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#6B65BD is a blue with RGB values 107, 101, 189 and HSL 244°, 40%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#6B65BD#6B65BD
HEX#6B65BD
RGBrgb(107, 101, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.3961, 0.7412
RGB percentages42%, 39.6%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(244.1, 40%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244.1, 46.6%, 74.1%)
CMYK43.4%, 46.6%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,038,397
CSS custom property--colour: #6B65BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#949A42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4272C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F6DBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Tritanopia#527788no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15Slate blue · ΔE 16.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.7Royal blue · ΔE 19.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7BD65
Analogous#658BBD, #9765BD
Triadic#BD6B65, #65BD6B
Split complementary#BD9765, #8BBD65
Tetradic#BD658B, #B7BD65, #65BD97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F4FA
Lighter +30%#D2D0EB
Lighter +20%#B0ACDC
Lighter +10%#8D89CC
Darker −10%#4E48A7
Darker −20%#3E3884
Darker −30%#2D2960
Darker −40%#1C1A3C
More saturated +25%#534AD9
Less saturated −25%#8381A2

Channel breakdown

R107
G101
B189
Red107 (42%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue244.09°
Saturation (HSL)40%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 65 · B BD

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