Recognised as Colour

#0958BC

#0958BC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Royal blue

#0958BC is a blue with RGB values 9, 88, 188 and HSL 214°, 91%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#0958BC#0958BC

HEX#0958BC

RGBrgb(9, 88, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.3451, 0.7373

RGB percentages3.5%, 34.5%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(213.5, 90.9%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(213.5, 95.2%, 73.7%)

CMYK95.2%, 53.2%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer612,540

CSS custom property--colour: #0958BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.7:1

Contrast with white6.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#F6A743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0064C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0055BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#007181no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 13.7 Slate blue · ΔE 18.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.8 Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.6 Medium purple · ΔE 25.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 13.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BC6D09

Analogous#09B1BC, #1409BC

Triadic#BC0958, #58BC09

Split complementary#BC1409, #B1BC09

Tetradic#BC09B1, #BC6D09, #09BC14

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#97C3FA

Lighter +30%#66A6F8

Lighter +20%#368AF5

Lighter +10%#0B6FED

Darker −10%#07418B

Darker −20%#042A5B

Darker −30%#02142A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0057C5

Less saturated −25%#225BA3

Channel breakdown

G88

B188

Red9 (3.5%)

Green88 (34.5%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue213.52°

Saturation (HSL)90.86%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 58 · B BC

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#0958BC

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else