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Recognised as Colour

#09486C

  • #09486C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#09486C is a blue with RGB values 9, 72, 108 and HSL 202°, 85%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#09486C#09486C
HEX#09486C
RGBrgb(9, 72, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.2824, 0.4235
RGB percentages3.5%, 28.2%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(201.8, 84.6%, 22.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.8, 91.7%, 42.4%)
CMYK91.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer608,364
CSS custom property--colour: #09486C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.74:1
Contrast with white9.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#F6B793

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#37496Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#29406Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Tritanopia#005155no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.7Steel blue · ΔE 24.4Slate grey · ΔE 28.6Dim grey · ΔE 30.6Light slate grey · ΔE 31Dark slateblue · ΔE 34.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 23.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6C2D09
Analogous#096C5E, #09176C
Triadic#6C0948, #486C09
Split complementary#6C0917, #6C5E09
Tetradic#5E096C, #6C2D09, #176C09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#51B6F0
Lighter +30%#21A3ED
Lighter +20%#1187CA
Lighter +10%#0D679B
Darker −10%#05293D
Darker −20%#01090E
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#004A75
Less saturated −25%#18445D

Channel breakdown

R9
G72
B108
Red9 (3.5%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue201.82°
Saturation (HSL)84.62%
Lightness22.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G 48 · B 6C

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