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Recognised as Colour

#6E7E8E

  • #6E7E8E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#6E7E8E is a blue with RGB values 110, 126, 142 and HSL 210°, 13%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#6E7E8E#6E7E8E
HEX#6E7E8E
RGBrgb(110, 126, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.4941, 0.5569
RGB percentages43.1%, 49.4%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(210, 12.7%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 22.5%, 55.7%)
CMYK22.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,241,358
CSS custom property--colour: #6E7E8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.04:1
Contrast with white4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#918171

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#787E8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#747B8Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#658283no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 0.8Light slate grey · ΔE 3.9Gray · ΔE 10.9Dim grey · ΔE 13.2Cadetblue · ΔE 20Dark grey · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 0.79, indistinguishable to the eye
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E7E6E
Analogous#6E8E8E, #6E6E8E
Triadic#8E6E7E, #7E8E6E
Split complementary#8E6E6E, #8E8E6E
Tetradic#8E6E8E, #8E7E6E, #6E8E6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1E4E7
Lighter +30%#C4CBD1
Lighter +20%#A7B1BB
Lighter +10%#8A98A5
Darker −10%#586571
Darker −20%#414B55
Darker −30%#2B3238
Darker −40%#15181B
More saturated +25%#4F7EAE
Less saturated −25%#7E7E7E

Channel breakdown

R110
G126
B142
Red110 (43.1%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)12.7%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 7E · B 8E

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