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Recognised as Colour

#09389C

  • #09389C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#09389C is a blue with RGB values 9, 56, 156 and HSL 221°, 89%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#09389C#09389C
HEX#09389C
RGBrgb(9, 56, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.2196, 0.6118
RGB percentages3.5%, 22%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(220.8, 89.1%, 32.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.8, 94.2%, 61.2%)
CMYK94.2%, 64.1%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer604,316
CSS custom property--colour: #09389C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.21:1
Contrast with white10.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#F6C763

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00489Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003B9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#005364no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 15.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.9Slate blue · ΔE 19.9Royal blue · ΔE 21.6Navy · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 15.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C6D09
Analogous#09819C, #24099C
Triadic#9C0938, #389C09
Split complementary#9C2309, #829C09
Tetradic#9C0981, #9C6D09, #099C23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7AA2F7
Lighter +30%#4980F5
Lighter +20%#195EF2
Lighter +10%#0C49CC
Darker −10%#06276C
Darker −20%#03153C
Darker −30%#01040B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0035A5
Less saturated −25%#1E3F87

Channel breakdown

R9
G56
B156
Red9 (3.5%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue220.82°
Saturation (HSL)89.09%
Lightness32.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G 38 · B 9C

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