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Recognised as Colour

#6F5AE5

  • #6F5AE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#6F5AE5 is a blue with RGB values 111, 90, 229 and HSL 249°, 73%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#6F5AE5#6F5AE5
HEX#6F5AE5
RGBrgb(111, 90, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.3529, 0.898
RGB percentages43.5%, 35.3%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(249.1, 72.8%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.1, 60.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK51.5%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,297,765
CSS custom property--colour: #6F5AE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.92:1
Contrast with white4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#90A51A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0075E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#407B97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 6.2Slate blue · ΔE 13.3Royal blue · ΔE 18.1Medium purple · ΔE 20.8Dark orchid · ΔE 22.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0E55A
Analogous#5A8AE5, #B55AE5
Triadic#E56F5A, #5AE56F
Split complementary#E5B55A, #8AE55A
Tetradic#E55A8A, #D0E55A, #5AE5B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2DEFA
Lighter +20%#BCB2F3
Lighter +10%#9586EC
Darker −10%#492EDE
Darker −20%#351EBB
Darker −30%#29178F
Darker −40%#1C1063
More saturated +25%#5E42FD
Less saturated −25%#8072CD

Channel breakdown

R111
G90
B229
Red111 (43.5%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue249.06°
Saturation (HSL)72.77%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G 5A · B E5

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