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Recognised as Colour

#0906BD

  • #0906BD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#0906BD is a blue with RGB values 9, 6, 189 and HSL 241°, 94%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#0906BD#0906BD
HEX#0906BD
RGBrgb(9, 6, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.0235, 0.7412
RGB percentages3.5%, 2.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(241, 93.8%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241, 96.8%, 74.1%)
CMYK95.2%, 96.8%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer591,549
CSS custom property--colour: #0906BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03862WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.85:1
Contrast with white11.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#141414
Inverted#F6F942

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0041C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#002DBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#004E6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.5Dark blue · ΔE 21.7Blue violet · ΔE 23Dark violet · ΔE 26.3Navy · ΔE 26.9Blue · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BABD06
Analogous#065FBD, #6406BD
Triadic#BD0906, #06BD09
Split complementary#BD6406, #5FBD06
Tetradic#BD065F, #BABD06, #06BD64

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9593FC
Lighter +30%#6462FA
Lighter +20%#3431F8
Lighter +10%#0B08EE
Darker −10%#07048C
Darker −20%#04035A
Darker −30%#020129
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0300C3
Less saturated −25%#211EA5

Channel breakdown

R9
G6
B189
Red9 (3.5%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue240.98°
Saturation (HSL)93.85%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G 06 · B BD

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