Colour

#09091A

#09091A
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#09091A is a blue with RGB values 9, 9, 26 and HSL 240°, 49%, 7%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#09091A#09091A

HEX#09091A

RGBrgb(9, 9, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.0353, 0.102

RGB percentages3.5%, 3.5%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(240, 48.6%, 6.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 65.4%, 10.2%)

CMYK65.4%, 65.4%, 0%, 89.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer592,154

CSS custom property--colour: #09091A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00328WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness12.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.71:1

Contrast with white19.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0A0A0A

Inverted#F6F6E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#040B1Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#030A1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#050D10no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 10.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.6 Dim grey · ΔE 42.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 48.5 Slate grey · ΔE 50.2 Midnight blue · ΔE 50.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A1A09

Analogous#09121A, #12091A

Triadic#1A0909, #091A09

Split complementary#1A1209, #121A09

Tetradic#1A0912, #1A1A09, #091A12

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#3D3DB2

Lighter +30%#30308C

Lighter +20%#232366

Lighter +10%#161640

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#05051E

Less saturated −25%#0D0D16

Channel breakdown

B26

Red9 (3.5%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)48.57%

Lightness6.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 09 · B 1A

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