Recognised as Colour

#096AB6

#096AB6
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#096AB6 is a blue with RGB values 9, 106, 182 and HSL 206°, 91%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#096AB6

RGBrgb(9, 106, 182)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.4157, 0.7137

RGB percentages3.5%, 41.6%, 71.4%

HSLhsl(206.4, 90.6%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(206.4, 95.1%, 71.4%)

CMYK95.1%, 41.8%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer617,142

CSS custom property--colour: #096AB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.6:1

Contrast with white5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#F69549

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#436FB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#2561B5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Tritanopia#007C87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.9 Steel blue · ΔE 19.1 Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.9 Royal blue · ΔE 28.9 Slate blue · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B65509

Analogous#09B6AC, #0913B6

Triadic#B6096A, #6AB609

Split complementary#B60913, #B6AC09

Tetradic#AC09B6, #B65509, #13B609

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#91CCFA

Lighter +30%#61B5F7

Lighter +20%#309EF5

Lighter +10%#0B86E7

Darker −10%#074E85

Darker −20%#043155

Darker −30%#021524

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006BBF

Less saturated −25%#21679E

Channel breakdown

G106

B182

Red9 (3.5%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue182 (71.4%)

Hue206.36°

Saturation (HSL)90.58%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 6A · B B6

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