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Recognised as Colour

#009BE9

  • #009BE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#009BE9 is a blue with RGB values 0, 155, 233 and HSL 200°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#009BE9#009BE9
HEX#009BE9
RGBrgb(0, 155, 233)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6078, 0.9137
RGB percentages0%, 60.8%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(200.1, 100%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.1, 100%, 91.4%)
CMYK100%, 33.5%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer39,913
CSS custom property--colour: #009BE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.87:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#FF6416

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#759DECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#578BE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.6Steel blue · ΔE 18.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.7Light skyblue · ΔE 27.9Sky blue · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E94E00
Analogous#00E9C2, #0027E9
Triadic#E9009B, #9BE900
Split complementary#E90027, #E9C300
Tetradic#C200E9, #E94E00, #26E900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6E7FF
Lighter +30%#83D5FF
Lighter +20%#50C4FF
Lighter +10%#1DB3FF
Darker −10%#0079B6
Darker −20%#005783
Darker −30%#003550
Darker −40%#00131D
More saturated +25%#009BE9
Less saturated −25%#1D91CC

Channel breakdown

R0
G155
B233
Red0 (0%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue200.09°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9B · B E9

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