Recognised as Colour

#6EA7FA

#6EA7FA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#6EA7FA is a blue with RGB values 110, 167, 250 and HSL 216°, 93%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#6EA7FA

RGBrgb(110, 167, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.6549, 0.9804

RGB percentages43.1%, 65.5%, 98%

HSLhsl(215.6, 93.3%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(215.6, 56%, 98%)

CMYK56%, 33.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,251,962

CSS custom property--colour: #6EA7FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.57:1

Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#915805

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85ADFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#739FF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00BAC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.7 Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.2 Steel blue · ΔE 23.2 Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.6 Light skyblue · ΔE 27 Light steelblue · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.74, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FAC16E

Analogous#6EEDFA, #7B6EFA

Triadic#FA6EA7, #A7FA6E

Split complementary#FA7B6E, #EDFA6E

Tetradic#FA6EED, #FAC16E, #6EFA7B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D1E3FD

Lighter +10%#9FC5FC

Darker −10%#3D89F8

Darker −20%#0B6BF7

Darker −30%#0756C8

Darker −40%#054097

More saturated +25%#69A6FF

Less saturated −25%#81AAE7

Channel breakdown

R110

G167

B250

Red110 (43.1%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue215.57°

Saturation (HSL)93.33%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6E · G A7 · B FA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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