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Recognised as Colour

#6F92DB

  • #6F92DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#6F92DB is a blue with RGB values 111, 146, 219 and HSL 221°, 60%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#6F92DB#6F92DB
HEX#6F92DB
RGBrgb(111, 146, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.5725, 0.8588
RGB percentages43.5%, 57.3%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(220.6, 60%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.6, 49.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK49.3%, 33.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,312,091
CSS custom property--colour: #6F92DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29052WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.81:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#906D24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7698DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A8ED9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#40A2ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.5Steel blue · ΔE 17Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.1Light skyblue · ΔE 29.4Medium purple · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBB86F
Analogous#6FC8DB, #826FDB
Triadic#DB6F92, #92DB6F
Split complementary#DB826F, #C8DB6F
Tetradic#DB6FC8, #DBB86F, #6FDB82

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9EFFA
Lighter +20%#C1D0EF
Lighter +10%#98B1E5
Darker −10%#4673D1
Darker −20%#2E5AB6
Darker −30%#23468E
Darker −40%#193265
More saturated +25%#588AF2
Less saturated −25%#859AC4

Channel breakdown

R111
G146
B219
Red111 (43.5%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue220.56°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G 92 · B DB

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