Colour

#09298E

#09298E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#09298E is a blue with RGB values 9, 41, 142 and HSL 226°, 88%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#09298E

RGBrgb(9, 41, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.1608, 0.5569

RGB percentages3.5%, 16.1%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(225.6, 88.1%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225.6, 93.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK93.7%, 71.1%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer600,462

CSS custom property--colour: #09298E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.21:1

Contrast with white12.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#F6D671

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003C91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original

Deuteranopia#002F8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#004558no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.9 Navy · ΔE 19.6 Indigo · ΔE 20.7 Dark blue · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8E6E09

Analogous#096C8E, #2B098E

Triadic#8E0929, #298E09

Split complementary#8E2B09, #6C8E09

Tetradic#8E096C, #8E6E09, #098E2B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6D8EF6

Lighter +30%#3D69F3

Lighter +20%#0F45EE

Lighter +10%#0C37BE

Darker −10%#061B5E

Darker −20%#030D2E

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002497

Less saturated −25%#1C337B

Channel breakdown

G41

B142

Red9 (3.5%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue225.56°

Saturation (HSL)88.08%

Lightness29.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 29 · B 8E

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