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Recognised as Colour

#6E768E

  • #6E768E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#6E768E is a blue with RGB values 110, 118, 142 and HSL 225°, 13%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#6E768E#6E768E
HEX#6E768E
RGBrgb(110, 118, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.4627, 0.5569
RGB percentages43.1%, 46.3%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(225, 12.7%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 22.5%, 55.7%)
CMYK22.5%, 16.9%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,239,310
CSS custom property--colour: #6E768E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.64:1
Contrast with white4.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#918971

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F788Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D758Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#667A7Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 6.6Light slate grey · ΔE 8.3Gray · ΔE 14.8Dim grey · ΔE 15.2Steel blue · ΔE 19.5Dark grey · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 6.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E866E
Analogous#6E868E, #766E8E
Triadic#8E6E76, #768E6E
Split complementary#8E766E, #868E6E
Tetradic#8E6E86, #8E866E, #6E8E76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1E2E7
Lighter +30%#C4C7D1
Lighter +20%#A7ACBB
Lighter +10%#8A91A5
Darker −10%#585E71
Darker −20%#414655
Darker −30%#2B2E38
Darker −40%#15161B
More saturated +25%#4F66AE
Less saturated −25%#7E7E7E

Channel breakdown

R110
G118
B142
Red110 (43.1%)
Green118 (46.3%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)12.7%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 76 · B 8E

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