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Recognised as Colour

#6C9FFB

  • #6C9FFB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#6C9FFB is a blue with RGB values 108, 159, 251 and HSL 219°, 95%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#6C9FFB#6C9FFB
HEX#6C9FFB
RGBrgb(108, 159, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.6235, 0.9843
RGB percentages42.4%, 62.4%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(218.6, 94.7%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.6, 57%, 98.4%)
CMYK57%, 36.7%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,118,843
CSS custom property--colour: #6C9FFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.99:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#936004

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#79A7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#669AF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00B3C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 4.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 13.9Steel blue · ΔE 26.7Royal blue · ΔE 28.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 29.3Medium purple · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 4.14, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBC86C
Analogous#6CE6FB, #816CFB
Triadic#FB6C9F, #9FFB6C
Split complementary#FB816C, #E6FB6C
Tetradic#FB6CE6, #FBC86C, #6CFB81

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#CFE0FE
Lighter +10%#9EBFFC
Darker −10%#3A7FFA
Darker −20%#095EF8
Darker −30%#054BC9
Darker −40%#043897
More saturated +25%#689EFF
Less saturated −25%#7FA4E8

Channel breakdown

R108
G159
B251
Red108 (42.4%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue218.6°
Saturation (HSL)94.7%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G 9F · B FB

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