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Recognised as Colour

#6E8CA8

  • #6E8CA8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#6E8CA8 is a blue with RGB values 110, 140, 168 and HSL 209°, 25%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#6E8CA8#6E8CA8
HEX#6E8CA8
RGBrgb(110, 140, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.549, 0.6588
RGB percentages43.1%, 54.9%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(209, 25%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209, 34.5%, 65.9%)
CMYK34.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,244,968
CSS custom property--colour: #6E8CA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.98:1
Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#917357

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#818CA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A86A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5B9395no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.3Slate grey · ΔE 8.8Steel blue · ΔE 14.7Gray · ΔE 18.8Cadetblue · ΔE 19.8Light steelblue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A88A6E
Analogous#6EA8A7, #6E6FA8
Triadic#A86E8C, #8CA86E
Split complementary#A86E6F, #A8A76E
Tetradic#A76EA8, #A88A6E, #6FA86E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEF1F5
Lighter +30%#CED8E1
Lighter +20%#AEBFCE
Lighter +10%#8EA5BB
Darker −10%#55728E
Darker −20%#42596E
Darker −30%#2F3F4E
Darker −40%#1C252E
More saturated +25%#518DC5
Less saturated −25%#8B8B8B

Channel breakdown

R110
G140
B168
Red110 (43.1%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue208.97°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 8C · B A8

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