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Recognised as Colour

#09195E

  • #09195E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#09195E is a blue with RGB values 9, 25, 94 and HSL 229°, 83%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#09195E#09195E
HEX#09195E
RGBrgb(9, 25, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.098, 0.3686
RGB percentages3.5%, 9.8%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(228.7, 82.5%, 20.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.7, 90.4%, 36.9%)
CMYK90.4%, 73.4%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer596,318
CSS custom property--colour: #09195E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness37.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16:1
Contrast with white16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B
Inverted#F6E6A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002660no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#001D5Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#002C39no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 18Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.3Indigo · ΔE 31.3Navy · ΔE 32.8Dark blue · ΔE 37.7
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E4E09
Analogous#09435E, #24095E
Triadic#5E0919, #195E09
Split complementary#5E2409, #435E09
Tetradic#5E0943, #5E4E09, #095E24

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#4665ED
Lighter +30%#173FE9
Lighter +20%#1232BB
Lighter +10%#0D258D
Darker −10%#050D2F
Darker −20%#000001
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001367
Less saturated −25%#162151

Channel breakdown

R9
G25
B94
Red9 (3.5%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue228.71°
Saturation (HSL)82.52%
Lightness20.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G 19 · B 5E

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