What color is #6D83BB?

#6D83BB is a desaturated blue known as Orbital. It belongs to the blue family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Orbital?

The RGB value is 109, 131, 187: 109 red, 131 green and 187 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Orbital?

The complementary color is #BBA56D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6D83BB?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.61:1 and white text 3.74:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Orbital color: hex code #6D83BB

#6D83BB rgb(109, 131, 187)

Shades of blue

Orbital has the hex code #6D83BB. It is a desaturated blue.

In the RGB color model it is made of 42.7% red, 51.4% green and 73.3% blue (109, 131, 187).

Its hue angle is 223°, with 36% saturation and 58% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 42% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 27% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.61:1).

Orbital (#6D83BB) color codes

HEX	`#6D83BB`
RGB	`rgb(109, 131, 187)`
RGB percent	`rgb(42.7%, 51.4%, 73.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(223, 36%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(223, 42%, 73%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(42%, 30%, 0%, 27%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(55.14, 6.67, -31.87)`
CIE LCH	`lch(55.14, 32.56, 281.82)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(23.39, 23.07, 50.225)`
Decimal	`7177147`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Orbital, 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 #6D83BB	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.61:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.74:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6D83BB as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.74:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.61:1	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 #6D83BB looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6d83bb; }
.text { color: #6d83bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d83bb; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(109 131 187 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6d83bb, #7e6dbb); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Steel Blue.

See #6D83BB on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #6D83BB?: #6D83BB is a desaturated blue known as Orbital. It belongs to the blue family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Orbital?: The RGB value is 109, 131, 187: 109 red, 131 green and 187 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Orbital?: The complementary color is #BBA56D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6D83BB?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.61:1 and white text 3.74:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.