Recognised as Colour

#09283C

#09283C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#09283C is a blue with RGB values 9, 40, 60 and HSL 204°, 74%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#09283C#09283C

HEX#09283C

RGBrgb(9, 40, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.1569, 0.2353

RGB percentages3.5%, 15.7%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(203.5, 73.9%, 13.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(203.5, 85%, 23.5%)

CMYK85%, 33.3%, 0%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer600,124

CSS custom property--colour: #09283C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness37.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.21:1

Contrast with white15.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#F6D7C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1F283Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#18233Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#002D2Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 22.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.2 Dim grey · ΔE 33.7 Slate grey · ΔE 38.3 Steel blue · ΔE 40.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 41.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 22.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C1D09

Analogous#093C36, #090F3C

Triadic#3C0928, #283C09

Split complementary#3C090F, #3C3609

Tetradic#36093C, #3C1D09, #0F3C09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#319BE0

Lighter +30%#1D81C1

Lighter +20%#166395

Lighter +10%#104668

Darker −10%#020A10

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002A45

Less saturated −25%#122633

Channel breakdown

G40

B60

Red9 (3.5%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue203.53°

Saturation (HSL)73.91%

Lightness13.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 28 · B 3C

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