Recognised as Colour

#096CA2

#096CA2
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#096CA2 is a blue with RGB values 9, 108, 162 and HSL 201°, 89%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#096CA2#096CA2

HEX#096CA2

RGBrgb(9, 108, 162)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.4235, 0.6353

RGB percentages3.5%, 42.4%, 63.5%

HSLhsl(201.2, 89.5%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(201.2, 94.4%, 63.5%)

CMYK94.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer617,634

CSS custom property--colour: #096CA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13392WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.71:1

Contrast with white5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#F6935D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#526DA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#3E61A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00797Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 10 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.9 Slate grey · ΔE 27.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 28.1 Deep skyblue · ΔE 32.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 9.98, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A23F09

Analogous#09A28C, #091FA2

Triadic#A2096C, #6CA209

Split complementary#A2091F, #A28B09

Tetradic#8C09A2, #A23F09, #1FA209

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7FCDF8

Lighter +30%#4FBAF5

Lighter +20%#1EA8F3

Lighter +10%#0C8CD2

Darker −10%#064C72

Darker −20%#042C41

Darker −30%#010B11

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006FAB

Less saturated −25%#1E668D

Channel breakdown

G108

B162

Red9 (3.5%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue162 (63.5%)

Hue201.18°

Saturation (HSL)89.47%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 6C · B A2

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