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Recognised as Colour

#6F778F

  • #6F778F
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#6F778F is a blue with RGB values 111, 119, 143 and HSL 225°, 13%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#6F778F#6F778F
HEX#6F778F
RGBrgb(111, 119, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.4667, 0.5608
RGB percentages43.5%, 46.7%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(225, 12.6%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 22.4%, 56.1%)
CMYK22.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,305,103
CSS custom property--colour: #6F778F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.71:1
Contrast with white4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#908870

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#707990no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E768Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#677B7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 6.4Light slate grey · ΔE 8Gray · ΔE 14.7Dim grey · ΔE 15.4Steel blue · ΔE 19.5Dark grey · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 6.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8F876F
Analogous#6F878F, #776F8F
Triadic#8F6F77, #778F6F
Split complementary#8F776F, #878F6F
Tetradic#8F6F87, #8F876F, #6F8F77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2E3E8
Lighter +30%#C5C8D2
Lighter +20%#A8ADBC
Lighter +10%#8C92A5
Darker −10%#595F72
Darker −20%#424756
Darker −30%#2C2F39
Darker −40%#16171C
More saturated +25%#4F67AF
Less saturated −25%#7F7F7F

Channel breakdown

R111
G119
B143
Red111 (43.5%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)12.6%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G 77 · B 8F

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