Recognised as Colour

#6F62D6

#6F62D6
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Slate blue

#6F62D6 is a blue with RGB values 111, 98, 214 and HSL 247°, 59%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

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HEX#6F62D6

RGBrgb(111, 98, 214)

RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.3843, 0.8392

RGB percentages43.5%, 38.4%, 83.9%

HSLhsl(246.7, 58.6%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(246.7, 54.2%, 83.9%)

CMYK48.1%, 54.2%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,299,798

CSS custom property--colour: #6F62D6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.78:1

Contrast with white4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#909D29

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2176DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original

Deuteranopia#1A6FD3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Tritanopia#4B7C92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 3.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.2 Medium purple · ΔE 10.7 Royal blue · ΔE 11.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 3.1, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C9D662

Analogous#628FD6, #A962D6

Triadic#D66F62, #62D66F

Split complementary#D6A962, #8FD662

Tetradic#D6628F, #C9D662, #62D6A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DEDBF6

Lighter +20%#B9B3EB

Lighter +10%#948AE1

Darker −10%#4A3ACB

Darker −20%#392BA7

Darker −30%#2B217E

Darker −40%#1D1656

More saturated +25%#5C49EF

Less saturated −25%#827BBD

Channel breakdown

R111

G98

B214

Red111 (43.5%)

Green98 (38.4%)

Blue214 (83.9%)

Hue246.72°

Saturation (HSL)58.59%

Lightness61.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6F · G 62 · B D6

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Colour values

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