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Recognised as Colour

#6E92D9

  • #6E92D9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#6E92D9 is a blue with RGB values 110, 146, 217 and HSL 220°, 58%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#6E92D9#6E92D9
HEX#6E92D9
RGBrgb(110, 146, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.5725, 0.851
RGB percentages43.1%, 57.3%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(219.8, 58.5%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.8, 49.3%, 85.1%)
CMYK49.3%, 32.7%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,246,553
CSS custom property--colour: #6E92D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.78:1
Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#916D26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7798DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B8ED7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#3FA1ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.5Steel blue · ΔE 15.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.5Light skyblue · ΔE 28.6Light slate grey · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9B56E
Analogous#6EC7D9, #806ED9
Triadic#D96E92, #92D96E
Split complementary#D9806E, #C7D96E
Tetradic#D96EC7, #D9B56E, #6ED980

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7EDF9
Lighter +20%#BFCFEE
Lighter +10%#96B0E4
Darker −10%#4674CE
Darker −20%#2F5BB2
Darker −30%#24468A
Darker −40%#1A3261
More saturated +25%#578BF0
Less saturated −25%#8599C2

Channel breakdown

R110
G146
B217
Red110 (43.1%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue219.81°
Saturation (HSL)58.47%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 92 · B D9

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