Recognised as Colour

#091CD9

#091CD9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#091CD9 is a blue with RGB values 9, 28, 217 and HSL 235°, 92%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#091CD9

RGBrgb(9, 28, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.1098, 0.851

RGB percentages3.5%, 11%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(234.5, 92%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(234.5, 95.9%, 85.1%)

CMYK95.9%, 87.1%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer597,209

CSS custom property--colour: #091CD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.63:1

Contrast with white9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#F6E326

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004FDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0039D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Tritanopia#005E81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 5.7 Blue violet · ΔE 22.2 Blue · ΔE 23 Dark violet · ΔE 26.9 Dark blue · ΔE 29.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 34.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 5.69, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D9C609

Analogous#0984D9, #5E09D9

Triadic#D9091C, #1CD909

Split complementary#D95E09, #84D909

Tetradic#D90984, #D9C609, #09D95E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B2B9FC

Lighter +30%#818CFA

Lighter +20%#5060F8

Lighter +10%#1F33F6

Darker −10%#0716A8

Darker −20%#050F77

Darker −30%#030946

Darker −40%#010315

More saturated +25%#0015E2

Less saturated −25%#2533BD

Channel breakdown

G28

B217

Red9 (3.5%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue234.52°

Saturation (HSL)92.04%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 1C · B D9

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