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Recognised as Colour

#091EA6

  • #091EA6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#091EA6 is a blue with RGB values 9, 30, 166 and HSL 232°, 90%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#091EA6#091EA6
HEX#091EA6
RGBrgb(9, 30, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.1176, 0.651
RGB percentages3.5%, 11.8%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(232, 89.7%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232, 94.6%, 65.1%)
CMYK94.6%, 81.9%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer597,670
CSS custom property--colour: #091EA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.01:1
Contrast with white12.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#F6E159

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003EAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#002EA4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Tritanopia#004A63no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 9.4Navy · ΔE 12.2Indigo · ΔE 19.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.1Midnight blue · ΔE 27.9Medium blue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 9.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A69109
Analogous#096DA6, #4209A6
Triadic#A6091E, #1EA609
Split complementary#A64209, #6DA609
Tetradic#A6096D, #A69109, #09A642

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8392F8
Lighter +30%#5268F6
Lighter +20%#223EF3
Lighter +10%#0C27D6
Darker −10%#061576
Darker −20%#040D45
Darker −30%#010415
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0017AF
Less saturated −25%#1F2E90

Channel breakdown

R9
G30
B166
Red9 (3.5%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue231.97°
Saturation (HSL)89.71%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G 1E · B A6

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