Colour

#0903DE

#0903DE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#0903DE is a blue with RGB values 9, 3, 222 and HSL 242°, 97%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#0903DE

RGBrgb(9, 3, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.0118, 0.8706

RGB percentages3.5%, 1.2%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(241.6, 97.3%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(241.6, 98.6%, 87.1%)

CMYK95.9%, 98.6%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer590,814

CSS custom property--colour: #0903DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.1:1

Contrast with white10.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#141414

Inverted#F6FC21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004DE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0035DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Tritanopia#005D82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 106.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.9 Blue · ΔE 14.7 Blue violet · ΔE 26.1 Dark violet · ΔE 29.2 Dark blue · ΔE 36.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 40.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D8DE03

Analogous#036BDE, #7603DE

Triadic#DE0903, #03DE09

Split complementary#DE7703, #6ADE03

Tetradic#DE036B, #D8DE03, #03DE77

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B1AFFE

Lighter +30%#807DFD

Lighter +20%#4F4AFD

Lighter +10%#1E18FC

Darker −10%#0702AC

Darker −20%#050279

Darker −30%#030147

Darker −40%#010015

More saturated +25%#0600E1

Less saturated −25%#241FC2

Channel breakdown

B222

Red9 (3.5%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue241.64°

Saturation (HSL)97.33%

Lightness44.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 03 · B DE

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