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Recognised as Colour

#09373E

  • #09373E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#09373E is a cyan with RGB values 9, 55, 62 and HSL 188°, 75%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#09373E#09373E
HEX#09373E
RGBrgb(9, 55, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.2157, 0.2431
RGB percentages3.5%, 21.6%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(187.9, 74.6%, 13.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.9, 85.5%, 24.3%)
CMYK85.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 75.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer603,966
CSS custom property--colour: #09373E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness47.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.9:1
Contrast with white12.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#F6C8C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#31353Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#2A2F3Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#003A39no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 11.8Black · ΔE 25.4Dim grey · ΔE 28.1Teal · ΔE 32.3Slate grey · ΔE 33.8Gray · ΔE 36.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 11.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E1009
Analogous#093E2A, #091D3E
Triadic#3E0937, #373E09
Split complementary#3E091D, #3E2A09
Tetradic#2A093E, #3E1009, #1D3E09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#32CAE1
Lighter +30%#1CAEC4
Lighter +20%#168697
Lighter +10%#0F5F6B
Darker −10%#030F11
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#003E47
Less saturated −25%#123035

Channel breakdown

R9
G55
B62
Red9 (3.5%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue187.92°
Saturation (HSL)74.65%
Lightness13.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G 37 · B 3E

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