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Recognised as Colour

#6E64BF

  • #6E64BF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#6E64BF is a blue with RGB values 110, 100, 191 and HSL 247°, 42%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#6E64BF#6E64BF
HEX#6E64BF
RGBrgb(110, 100, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.3922, 0.749
RGB percentages43.1%, 39.2%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(246.6, 41.6%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.6, 47.6%, 74.9%)
CMYK42.4%, 47.6%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,234,751
CSS custom property--colour: #6E64BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16191WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.95:1
Contrast with white4.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#919B40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4072C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E6DBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Tritanopia#567788no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.95:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 13.1Slate blue · ΔE 14.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 17Royal blue · ΔE 18.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 13.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5BF64
Analogous#6487BF, #9C64BF
Triadic#BF6E64, #64BF6E
Split complementary#BF9B64, #87BF64
Tetradic#BF6487, #B5BF64, #64BF9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F4FB
Lighter +30%#D3D0EC
Lighter +20%#B2ACDD
Lighter +10%#9088CE
Darker −10%#5146AA
Darker −20%#403786
Darker −30%#2F2862
Darker −40%#1D193E
More saturated +25%#5949DA
Less saturated −25%#837FA4

Channel breakdown

R110
G100
B191
Red110 (43.1%)
Green100 (39.2%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue246.59°
Saturation (HSL)41.55%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 64 · B BF

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