Recognised as Colour

#091C75

#091C75
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#091C75 is a blue with RGB values 9, 28, 117 and HSL 229°, 86%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#091C75#091C75

HEX#091C75

RGBrgb(9, 28, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.1098, 0.4588

RGB percentages3.5%, 11%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(229.4, 85.7%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(229.4, 92.3%, 45.9%)

CMYK92.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 54.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer597,109

CSS custom property--colour: #091C75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02173WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.64:1

Contrast with white14.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#F6E38A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002E78no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#002373no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Tritanopia#003646no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 2.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.2 Navy · ΔE 21.5 Indigo · ΔE 21.6 Dark blue · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 2.74, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#756209

Analogous#095275, #2C0975

Triadic#75091C, #1C7509

Split complementary#752C09, #527509

Tetradic#750952, #756209, #09752C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5873F2

Lighter +30%#284BEF

Lighter +20%#1033D4

Lighter +10%#0D27A4

Darker −10%#051146

Darker −20%#020516

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00167E

Less saturated −25%#192665

Channel breakdown

G28

B117

Red9 (3.5%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue229.44°

Saturation (HSL)85.71%

Lightness24.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 1C · B 75

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