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Recognised as Colour

#6B91DA

  • #6B91DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#6B91DA is a blue with RGB values 107, 145, 218 and HSL 219°, 60%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#6B91DA#6B91DA
HEX#6B91DA
RGBrgb(107, 145, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.5686, 0.8549
RGB percentages42%, 56.9%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(219.5, 60%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.5, 50.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK50.9%, 33.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,049,690
CSS custom property--colour: #6B91DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.69:1
Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#946E25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7597DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#688DD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#36A1ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.4Steel blue · ΔE 16.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.7Light skyblue · ΔE 29.4Medium purple · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAB46B
Analogous#6BC8DA, #7C6BDA
Triadic#DA6B91, #91DA6B
Split complementary#DA7D6B, #C8DA6B
Tetradic#DA6BC8, #DAB46B, #6BDA7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5ECF9
Lighter +20%#BDCEEE
Lighter +10%#94AFE4
Darker −10%#4273D0
Darker −20%#2D5AB2
Darker −30%#22468A
Darker −40%#183161
More saturated +25%#548AF1
Less saturated −25%#8298C3

Channel breakdown

R107
G145
B218
Red107 (42%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue219.46°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G 91 · B DA

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