Recognised as Colour

#09232A

#09232A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#09232A is a cyan with RGB values 9, 35, 42 and HSL 193°, 65%, 10%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#09232A

RGBrgb(9, 35, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.1373, 0.1647

RGB percentages3.5%, 13.7%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(192.7, 64.7%, 10%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.7, 78.6%, 16.5%)

CMYK78.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 83.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer598,826

CSS custom property--colour: #09232A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness30.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.34:1

Contrast with white16.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#F6DCD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1F222Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#1A1E2Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Tritanopia#002525no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 16 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20 Dim grey · ΔE 33.9 Slate grey · ΔE 41.1 Teal · ΔE 42.2 Gray · ΔE 42.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A1009

Analogous#092A21, #09122A

Triadic#2A0923, #232A09

Split complementary#2A0912, #2A2109

Tetradic#21092A, #2A1009, #122A09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2DAFD2

Lighter +30%#248CA8

Lighter +20%#1B697E

Lighter +10%#124654

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#032730

Less saturated −25%#0F1F24

Channel breakdown

G35

B42

Red9 (3.5%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue192.73°

Saturation (HSL)64.71%

Lightness10%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 23 · B 2A

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