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Recognised as Colour

#6F69DF

  • #6F69DF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6F69DF is a blue with RGB values 111, 105, 223 and HSL 243°, 65%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#6F69DF#6F69DF
HEX#6F69DF
RGBrgb(111, 105, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.4118, 0.8745
RGB percentages43.5%, 41.2%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(243.1, 64.8%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.1, 52.9%, 87.5%)
CMYK50.2%, 52.9%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,301,599
CSS custom property--colour: #6F69DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.76:1
Contrast with white4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#909620

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#297CE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#1C74DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#43839Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 6Royal blue · ΔE 9.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.6Medium purple · ΔE 11.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 6.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9DF69
Analogous#699EDF, #AA69DF
Triadic#DF6F69, #69DF6F
Split complementary#DFAA69, #9EDF69
Tetradic#DF699E, #D9DF69, #69DFAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8E7FA
Lighter +20%#C0BDF1
Lighter +10%#9793E8
Darker −10%#473FD6
Darker −20%#2F28BA
Darker −30%#251F90
Darker −40%#1A1666
More saturated +25%#5B52F6
Less saturated −25%#8380C8

Channel breakdown

R111
G105
B223
Red111 (43.5%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue243.05°
Saturation (HSL)64.84%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G 69 · B DF

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