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Recognised as Colour

#6E99FB

  • #6E99FB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#6E99FB is a blue with RGB values 110, 153, 251 and HSL 222°, 95%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#6E99FB#6E99FB
HEX#6E99FB
RGBrgb(110, 153, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.6, 0.9843
RGB percentages43.1%, 60%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(221.7, 94.6%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.7, 56.2%, 98.4%)
CMYK56.2%, 39%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,248,379
CSS custom property--colour: #6E99FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.61:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#916604

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#70A3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E96F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 11.7Royal blue · ΔE 24Medium purple · ΔE 25.3Slate blue · ΔE 29.8Steel blue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBD06E
Analogous#6EE0FB, #896EFB
Triadic#FB6E99, #99FB6E
Split complementary#FB896E, #E0FB6E
Tetradic#FB6EE0, #FBD06E, #6EFB89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D1DFFE
Lighter +10%#A0BCFC
Darker −10%#3C76FA
Darker −20%#0B53F8
Darker −30%#0642CA
Darker −40%#043299
More saturated +25%#6A97FF
Less saturated −25%#81A0E8

Channel breakdown

R110
G153
B251
Red110 (43.1%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue221.7°
Saturation (HSL)94.63%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 99 · B FB

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