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Recognised as Colour

#6D8BAE

  • #6D8BAE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#6D8BAE is a blue with RGB values 109, 139, 174 and HSL 212°, 29%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#6D8BAE#6D8BAE
HEX#6D8BAE
RGBrgb(109, 139, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.5451, 0.6824
RGB percentages42.7%, 54.5%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(212.3, 28.6%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.3, 37.4%, 68.2%)
CMYK37.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,179,182
CSS custom property--colour: #6D8BAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.95:1
Contrast with white3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#927451

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E8CB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7686ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#589397no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 10.8Steel blue · ΔE 11.5Slate grey · ΔE 11.9Gray · ΔE 22.1Light steelblue · ΔE 22.6Cadetblue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 10.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE906D
Analogous#6DABAE, #706DAE
Triadic#AE6D8B, #8BAE6D
Split complementary#AE706D, #ACAE6D
Tetradic#AE6DAB, #AE906D, #6DAE70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0F3F7
Lighter +30%#CFD9E5
Lighter +20%#AFBFD2
Lighter +10%#8EA5C0
Darker −10%#537195
Darker −20%#415974
Darker −30%#2E4054
Darker −40%#1C2733
More saturated +25%#5189CA
Less saturated −25%#898D92

Channel breakdown

R109
G139
B174
Red109 (42.7%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue212.31°
Saturation (HSL)28.63%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G 8B · B AE

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