What color is #6677BB?

#6677BB is a desaturated blue known as Flood. It belongs to the blue family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Flood?

The RGB value is 102, 119, 187: 102 red, 119 green and 187 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Flood?

The complementary color is #BBAA66, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6677BB?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.92:1 and white text 4.27:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Flood color: hex code #6677BB

#6677BB rgb(102, 119, 187)

Shades of blue

Flood has the hex code #6677BB. It is a desaturated blue.

In the RGB color model it is made of 40% red, 46.7% green and 73.3% blue (102, 119, 187).

Its hue angle is 228°, with 38% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 45% cyan, 36% magenta, 0% yellow and 27% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.92:1).

Flood (#6677BB) color codes

HEX	`#6677BB`
RGB	`rgb(102, 119, 187)`
RGB percent	`rgb(40%, 46.7%, 73.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(228, 38%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(228, 45%, 73%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(45%, 36%, 0%, 27%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(51.39, 12.01, -37.78)`
CIE LCH	`lch(51.39, 39.65, 287.64)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(21.043, 19.605, 49.679)`
Decimal	`6715323`
Short hex	`#67B`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Flood, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #6677BB	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.92:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.27:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6677BB as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.27:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.92:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #6677BB looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6677bb; }
.text { color: #6677bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6677bb; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(102 119 187 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6677bb, #7f66bb); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Royal Blue.

See #6677BB on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #6677BB?: #6677BB is a desaturated blue known as Flood. It belongs to the blue family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Flood?: The RGB value is 102, 119, 187: 102 red, 119 green and 187 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Flood?: The complementary color is #BBAA66, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6677BB?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.92:1 and white text 4.27:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.