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Recognised as Colour

#6C7799

  • #6C7799
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#6C7799 is a blue with RGB values 108, 119, 153 and HSL 225°, 18%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#6C7799#6C7799
HEX#6C7799
RGBrgb(108, 119, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.4667, 0.6
RGB percentages42.4%, 46.7%, 60%
HSLhsl(225.3, 18.1%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.3, 29.4%, 60%)
CMYK29.4%, 22.2%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,108,505
CSS custom property--colour: #6C7799;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.74:1
Contrast with white4.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#938866

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6D7A9Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#697698no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#607E82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.43:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 11.3Light slate grey · ΔE 12Steel blue · ΔE 15.1Gray · ΔE 20.4Dim grey · ΔE 21Dark grey · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 11.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#998E6C
Analogous#6C8D99, #786C99
Triadic#996C77, #77996C
Split complementary#99786C, #8D996C
Tetradic#996C8D, #998E6C, #6C9978

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4E6ED
Lighter +30%#C6CBD8
Lighter +20%#A8AFC3
Lighter +10%#8A93AE
Darker −10%#565F7C
Darker −20%#41485E
Darker −30%#2C3140
Darker −40%#171A22
More saturated +25%#4D67B8
Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R108
G119
B153
Red108 (42.4%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue225.33°
Saturation (HSL)18.07%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G 77 · B 99

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