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Recognised as Colour

#6F55BE

  • #6F55BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6F55BE is a blue with RGB values 111, 85, 190 and HSL 255°, 45%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#6F55BE#6F55BE
HEX#6F55BE
RGBrgb(111, 85, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.3333, 0.7451
RGB percentages43.5%, 33.3%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(254.9, 44.7%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254.9, 55.3%, 74.5%)
CMYK41.6%, 55.3%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,296,446
CSS custom property--colour: #6F55BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13594WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.65:1
Contrast with white5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#90AA41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2069C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#2665BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#596B81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 6.2Medium purple · ΔE 11.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.9Royal blue · ΔE 17Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 6.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4BE55
Analogous#556FBE, #A455BE
Triadic#BE6F55, #55BE6F
Split complementary#BEA455, #6FBE55
Tetradic#BE556F, #A4BE55, #55BEA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE9F6
Lighter +30%#CDC4E8
Lighter +20%#AE9FDA
Lighter +10%#8E7ACC
Darker −10%#573EA2
Darker −20%#43307D
Darker −30%#2F2258
Darker −40%#1B1433
More saturated +25%#6038DB
Less saturated −25%#7E72A1

Channel breakdown

R111
G85
B190
Red111 (43.5%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue254.86°
Saturation (HSL)44.68%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G 55 · B BE

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