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Recognised as Colour

#6D68DC

  • #6D68DC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6D68DC is a blue with RGB values 109, 104, 220 and HSL 243°, 62%, 64%. 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 blue.

Colour values

#6D68DC#6D68DC
HEX#6D68DC
RGBrgb(109, 104, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.4078, 0.8627
RGB percentages42.7%, 40.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(242.6, 62.4%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.6, 52.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK50.5%, 52.7%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,170,268
CSS custom property--colour: #6D68DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.66:1
Contrast with white4.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#929723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#297BE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#1D73DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Tritanopia#418298no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 5.7Royal blue · ΔE 9.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.7Medium purple · ΔE 11Rebecca purple · ΔE 23Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 5.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D7DC68
Analogous#689DDC, #A768DC
Triadic#DC6D68, #68DC6D
Split complementary#DCA768, #9DDC68
Tetradic#DC689D, #D7DC68, #68DCA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5E4F9
Lighter +20%#BDBBEF
Lighter +10%#9591E6
Darker −10%#453FD2
Darker −20%#302AB4
Darker −30%#25208B
Darker −40%#1A1761
More saturated +25%#5851F3
Less saturated −25%#827FC5

Channel breakdown

R109
G104
B220
Red109 (42.7%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue242.59°
Saturation (HSL)62.37%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G 68 · B DC

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