Colour

#04096E

#04096E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#04096E is a blue with RGB values 4, 9, 110 and HSL 237°, 93%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#04096E#04096E

HEX#04096E

RGBrgb(4, 9, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.0353, 0.4314

RGB percentages1.6%, 3.5%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(237.2, 93%, 22.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(237.2, 96.4%, 43.1%)

CMYK96.4%, 91.8%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer264,558

CSS custom property--colour: #04096E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness37.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.54:1

Contrast with white16.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0F0F0F

Inverted#FBF691

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002471no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#00196Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Tritanopia#002C3Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.8 Navy · ΔE 13.1 Indigo · ΔE 16.1 Dark blue · ΔE 18.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.81, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6E6904

Analogous#043E6E, #34046E

Triadic#6E0409, #096E04

Split complementary#6E3404, #3E6E04

Tetradic#6E043E, #6E6904, #046E34

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#464EF8

Lighter +30%#151FF6

Lighter +20%#0811D0

Lighter +10%#060D9F

Darker −10%#02053D

Darker −20%#00010C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#000572

Less saturated −25%#121660

Channel breakdown

B110

Red4 (1.6%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue237.17°

Saturation (HSL)92.98%

Lightness22.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 04 · G 09 · B 6E

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