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Recognised as Colour

#6D9BDD

  • #6D9BDD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#6D9BDD is a blue with RGB values 109, 155, 221 and HSL 215°, 62%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#6D9BDD#6D9BDD
HEX#6D9BDD
RGBrgb(109, 155, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.6078, 0.8667
RGB percentages42.7%, 60.8%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(215.4, 62.2%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.4, 50.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK50.7%, 29.9%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,183,325
CSS custom property--colour: #6D9BDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31914WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.38:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#926422

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#819FE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7494DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#37AAB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.9Steel blue · ΔE 14.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.8Light skyblue · ΔE 23.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.4Light steelblue · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDAF6D
Analogous#6DD3DD, #776DDD
Triadic#DD6D9B, #9BDD6D
Split complementary#DD776D, #D3DD6D
Tetradic#DD6DD3, #DDAF6D, #6DDD77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F0FA
Lighter +20%#C0D4F0
Lighter +10%#96B7E7
Darker −10%#447FD3
Darker −20%#2B65B9
Darker −30%#214F90
Darker −40%#183866
More saturated +25%#5697F3
Less saturated −25%#839FC6

Channel breakdown

R109
G155
B221
Red109 (42.7%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue215.36°
Saturation (HSL)62.22%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G 9B · B DD

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