Recognised as Colour

#09517A

#09517A
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#09517A is a blue with RGB values 9, 81, 122 and HSL 202°, 86%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#09517A

RGBrgb(9, 81, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.3176, 0.4784

RGB percentages3.5%, 31.8%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(201.8, 86.3%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(201.8, 92.6%, 47.8%)

CMYK92.6%, 33.6%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer610,682

CSS custom property--colour: #09517A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.5:1

Contrast with white8.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#F6AE85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D527Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E4879no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Tritanopia#005B60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 20.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.3 Slate grey · ΔE 27.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 29.4 Dim grey · ΔE 31.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 20.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A3209

Analogous#097A6A, #09197A

Triadic#7A0951, #517A09

Split complementary#7A0919, #7A6B09

Tetradic#6A097A, #7A3209, #187A09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5CBCF3

Lighter +30%#2DA9EF

Lighter +20%#1090D9

Lighter +10%#0D71A9

Darker −10%#05314B

Darker −20%#02121B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#005383

Less saturated −25%#194D6A

Channel breakdown

G81

B122

Red9 (3.5%)

Green81 (31.8%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue201.77°

Saturation (HSL)86.26%

Lightness25.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 51 · B 7A

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