Colour

#09212B

#09212B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#09212B is a cyan with RGB values 9, 33, 43 and HSL 198°, 65%, 10%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#09212B#09212B

HEX#09212B

RGBrgb(9, 33, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.1294, 0.1686

RGB percentages3.5%, 12.9%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(197.6, 65.4%, 10.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.6, 79.1%, 16.9%)

CMYK79.1%, 23.3%, 0%, 83.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer598,315

CSS custom property--colour: #09212B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0132WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness29.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.61:1

Contrast with white16.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#F6DED4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1C202Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#171D2Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#002424no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 15.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.6 Dim grey · ΔE 34.7 Slate grey · ΔE 41.6 Gray · ΔE 43.5 Teal · ΔE 43.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 15.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B1309

Analogous#092B24, #09102B

Triadic#2B0921, #212B09

Split complementary#2B0910, #2B2409

Tetradic#24092B, #2B1309, #102B09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2DA2D3

Lighter +30%#2382AA

Lighter +20%#1B627F

Lighter +10%#124155

Darker −10%#000101

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#022432

Less saturated −25%#0F1E25

Channel breakdown

G33

B43

Red9 (3.5%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue197.65°

Saturation (HSL)65.38%

Lightness10.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 21 · B 2B

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