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Recognised as Colour

#6C7895

  • #6C7895
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#6C7895 is a blue with RGB values 108, 120, 149 and HSL 222°, 16%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#6C7895#6C7895
HEX#6C7895
RGBrgb(108, 120, 149)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.4706, 0.5843
RGB percentages42.4%, 47.1%, 58.4%
HSLhsl(222.4, 16.2%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 27.5%, 58.4%)
CMYK27.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,108,757
CSS custom property--colour: #6C7895;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18791WCAG 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 4.76:1
Contrast with white4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#93876A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F7A96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B7694no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#617E82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 8.4Light slate grey · ΔE 9.4Steel blue · ΔE 16.5Gray · ΔE 17.6Dim grey · ΔE 18.3Dark grey · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 8.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95896C
Analogous#6C8C95, #756C95
Triadic#956C78, #78956C
Split complementary#95746C, #8D956C
Tetradic#956C8C, #95896C, #6C9575

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3E5EA
Lighter +30%#C5CAD5
Lighter +20%#A7AEC0
Lighter +10%#8A93AA
Darker −10%#566078
Darker −20%#41485A
Darker −30%#2C313C
Darker −40%#16191F
More saturated +25%#4C6BB5
Less saturated −25%#818181

Channel breakdown

R108
G120
B149
Red108 (42.4%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue149 (58.4%)
Hue222.44°
Saturation (HSL)16.21%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G 78 · B 95

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