Recognised as Colour

#09273D

#09273D
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#09273D is a blue with RGB values 9, 39, 61 and HSL 205°, 74%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#09273D

RGBrgb(9, 39, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.1529, 0.2392

RGB percentages3.5%, 15.3%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(205.4, 74.3%, 13.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(205.4, 85.2%, 23.9%)

CMYK85.2%, 36.1%, 0%, 76.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer599,869

CSS custom property--colour: #09273D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness36.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.34:1

Contrast with white15.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#F6D8C2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1D283Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#16233Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#002C2Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 22.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.5 Dim grey · ΔE 34.4 Slate grey · ΔE 38.8 Steel blue · ΔE 40.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 40.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 22.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3D1F09

Analogous#093D39, #090D3D

Triadic#3D0927, #273D09

Split complementary#3D090D, #3D3909

Tetradic#39093D, #3D1F09, #0D3D09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#3196E1

Lighter +30%#1D7CC2

Lighter +20%#166096

Lighter +10%#104369

Darker −10%#020B11

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002846

Less saturated −25%#122634

Channel breakdown

G39

B61

Red9 (3.5%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue205.38°

Saturation (HSL)74.29%

Lightness13.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 27 · B 3D

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