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Recognised as Colour

#6E7387

  • #6E7387
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#6E7387 is a blue with RGB values 110, 115, 135 and HSL 228°, 10%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#6E7387#6E7387
HEX#6E7387
RGBrgb(110, 115, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.451, 0.5294
RGB percentages43.1%, 45.1%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(228, 10.2%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228, 18.5%, 52.9%)
CMYK18.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,238,535
CSS custom property--colour: #6E7387;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.7:1
Contrast with white4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#918C78

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E7588no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C7386no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#687779no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 6.4Light slate grey · ΔE 8.7Dim grey · ΔE 12.6Gray · ΔE 12.8Steel blue · ΔE 22Dark grey · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87826E
Analogous#6E8087, #766E87
Triadic#876E73, #73876E
Split complementary#87766E, #80876E
Tetradic#876E80, #87826E, #6E8776

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDDFE4
Lighter +30%#C1C4CD
Lighter +20%#A5A9B6
Lighter +10%#898D9F
Darker −10%#575B6B
Darker −20%#40434F
Darker −30%#292B33
Darker −40%#121317
More saturated +25%#4F61A6
Less saturated −25%#7B7B7B

Channel breakdown

R110
G115
B135
Red110 (43.1%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue228°
Saturation (HSL)10.2%
Lightness48.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 73 · B 87

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