Recognised as Colour

#09073C

#09073C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#09073C is a blue with RGB values 9, 7, 60 and HSL 242°, 79%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#09073C#09073C

HEX#09073C

RGBrgb(9, 7, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.0275, 0.2353

RGB percentages3.5%, 2.7%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(242.3, 79.1%, 13.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(242.3, 88.3%, 23.5%)

CMYK85%, 88.3%, 0%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer591,676

CSS custom property--colour: #09073C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00536WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness21.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.97:1

Contrast with white18.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0B0B0B

Inverted#F6F8C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00133Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#000E3Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#001721no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 23.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.4 Black · ΔE 38.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 39.2 Indigo · ΔE 41.2 Navy · ΔE 43.4

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 23.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3A3C07

Analogous#071F3C, #24073C

Triadic#3C0907, #073C09

Split complementary#3C2407, #1F3C07

Tetradic#3C071F, #3A3C07, #073C24

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#3029E6

Lighter +30%#1E17C5

Lighter +20%#171297

Lighter +10%#100C6A

Darker −10%#02020E

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#030043

Less saturated −25%#110F34

Channel breakdown

B60

Red9 (3.5%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue242.26°

Saturation (HSL)79.1%

Lightness13.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 07 · B 3C

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