Recognised as Colour

#6E7F87

#6E7F87
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#6E7F87 is a cyan with RGB values 110, 127, 135 and HSL 199°, 10%, 48%. 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

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HEX#6E7F87

RGBrgb(110, 127, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.498, 0.5294

RGB percentages43.1%, 49.8%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(199.2, 10.2%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 18.5%, 52.9%)

CMYK18.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,241,607

CSS custom property--colour: #6E7F87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20243WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.05:1

Contrast with white4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#918078

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7B7E87no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#777B87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#678181no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 4.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 6.4 Gray · ΔE 7.9 Dim grey · ΔE 10.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.8 Dark grey · ΔE 18.8

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 4.77, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#87766E

Analogous#6E8783, #6E7287

Triadic#876E7F, #7F876E

Split complementary#876E72, #87836E

Tetradic#836E87, #87766E, #72876E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DDE2E4

Lighter +30%#C1C9CD

Lighter +20%#A5B0B6

Lighter +10%#89989F

Darker −10%#57656B

Darker −20%#404A4F

Darker −30%#293033

Darker −40%#121517

More saturated +25%#4F8AA6

Less saturated −25%#7B7B7B

Channel breakdown

R110

G127

B135

Red110 (43.1%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue199.2°

Saturation (HSL)10.2%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6E · G 7F · B 87

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