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Recognised as Colour

#6D76BF

  • #6D76BF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#6D76BF is a blue with RGB values 109, 118, 191 and HSL 233°, 39%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#6D76BF#6D76BF
HEX#6D76BF
RGBrgb(109, 118, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.4627, 0.749
RGB percentages42.7%, 46.3%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(233.4, 39%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.4, 42.9%, 74.9%)
CMYK42.9%, 38.2%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,173,823
CSS custom property--colour: #6D76BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1997WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#928940

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C7FC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5678BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#528591no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.5Steel blue · ΔE 21Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.6Medium purple · ΔE 23.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.8Slate blue · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFB66D
Analogous#6D9FBF, #8D6DBF
Triadic#BF6D76, #76BF6D
Split complementary#BF8D6D, #9FBF6D
Tetradic#BF6D9F, #BFB66D, #6DBF8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFBFD
Lighter +30%#D7DAEE
Lighter +20%#B4B9DE
Lighter +10%#9097CF
Darker −10%#4C57AD
Darker −20%#3C458A
Darker −30%#2D3366
Darker −40%#1D2143
More saturated +25%#5362D9
Less saturated −25%#878AA5

Channel breakdown

R109
G118
B191
Red109 (42.7%)
Green118 (46.3%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue233.41°
Saturation (HSL)39.05%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G 76 · B BF

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