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Recognised as Colour

#6E7894

  • #6E7894
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#6E7894 is a blue with RGB values 110, 120, 148 and HSL 224°, 15%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#6E7894#6E7894
HEX#6E7894
RGBrgb(110, 120, 148)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.4706, 0.5804
RGB percentages43.1%, 47.1%, 58%
HSLhsl(224.2, 15.1%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.2, 25.7%, 58%)
CMYK25.7%, 18.9%, 0%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,239,828
CSS custom property--colour: #6E7894;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.78:1
Contrast with white4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#91876B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#707A95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C7793no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#647D81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 8Light slate grey · ΔE 9.1Gray · ΔE 16.9Steel blue · ΔE 17.4Dim grey · ΔE 17.7Dark grey · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 7.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#948A6E
Analogous#6E8B94, #776E94
Triadic#946E78, #78946E
Split complementary#94776E, #8B946E
Tetradic#946E8B, #948A6E, #6E9477

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3E5EB
Lighter +30%#C6CAD5
Lighter +20%#A9AFBF
Lighter +10%#8B93AA
Darker −10%#586077
Darker −20%#42485A
Darker −30%#2D313C
Darker −40%#17191F
More saturated +25%#4E69B3
Less saturated −25%#818181

Channel breakdown

R110
G120
B148
Red110 (43.1%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue148 (58%)
Hue224.21°
Saturation (HSL)15.08%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 78 · B 94

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