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Recognised as Colour

#060258

  • #060258
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#060258 is a blue with RGB values 6, 2, 88 and HSL 243°, 96%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#060258#060258
HEX#060258
RGBrgb(6, 2, 88)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.0078, 0.3451
RGB percentages2.4%, 0.8%, 34.5%
HSLhsl(242.8, 95.6%, 17.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.8, 97.7%, 34.5%)
CMYK93.2%, 97.7%, 0%, 65.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer393,816
CSS custom property--colour: #060258;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00787WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness29.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.15:1
Contrast with white18.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#090909
Inverted#F9FDA7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001A5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#001157no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Tritanopia#002130no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text18.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.5Navy · ΔE 21.5Indigo · ΔE 21.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.1Dark blue · ΔE 26.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#545802
Analogous#022958, #310258
Triadic#580602, #025806
Split complementary#583102, #295802
Tetradic#580229, #545802, #025831

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#352CFA
Lighter +30%#1005EE
Lighter +20%#0D04BC
Lighter +10%#09038A
Darker −10%#030126
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#04005A
Less saturated −25%#100D4D

Channel breakdown

R6
G2
B88
Red6 (2.4%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue88 (34.5%)
Hue242.79°
Saturation (HSL)95.56%
Lightness17.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G 02 · B 58

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