Recognised as Colour

#6F8089

#6F8089
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#6F8089 is a blue with RGB values 111, 128, 137 and HSL 201°, 10%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#6F8089

RGBrgb(111, 128, 137)

RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.502, 0.5373

RGB percentages43.5%, 50.2%, 53.7%

HSLhsl(200.8, 10.5%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200.8, 19%, 53.7%)

CMYK19%, 6.6%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,307,401

CSS custom property--colour: #6F8089;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.12:1

Contrast with white4.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.12:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#907F76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7C7F8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#787C89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#688383no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 4.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 5.7 Gray · ΔE 8.2 Dim grey · ΔE 11.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.8 Dark grey · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 4.15, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#89786F

Analogous#6F8985, #6F7389

Triadic#896F80, #80896F

Split complementary#896F73, #89856F

Tetradic#856F89, #89786F, #73896F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFE3E5

Lighter +30%#C3CACE

Lighter +20%#A7B2B7

Lighter +10%#8A99A1

Darker −10%#58666D

Darker −20%#414B51

Darker −30%#2B3134

Darker −40%#141718

More saturated +25%#508AA8

Less saturated −25%#7C7C7C

Channel breakdown

R111

G128

B137

Red111 (43.5%)

Green128 (50.2%)

Blue137 (53.7%)

Hue200.77°

Saturation (HSL)10.48%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6F · G 80 · B 89

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