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Recognised as Colour

#0972AA

  • #0972AA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#0972AA is a blue with RGB values 9, 114, 170 and HSL 201°, 90%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0972AA#0972AA
HEX#0972AA
RGBrgb(9, 114, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.4471, 0.6667
RGB percentages3.5%, 44.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(200.9, 89.9%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.9, 94.7%, 66.7%)
CMYK94.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer619,178
CSS custom property--colour: #0972AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.25:1
Contrast with white5.25:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#F68D55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5773ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4266A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Tritanopia#008086no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 8.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.1Slate grey · ΔE 27.8Light slate grey · ΔE 28.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 30Dodgerblue · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 8.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA4109
Analogous#09AA91, #0922AA
Triadic#AA0972, #72AA09
Split complementary#AA0922, #AA9109
Tetradic#9109AA, #AA4109, #22AA09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#86D1F9
Lighter +30%#56BEF6
Lighter +20%#26ACF3
Lighter +10%#0C92DA
Darker −10%#06527A
Darker −20%#043149
Darker −30%#011119
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0075B3
Less saturated −25%#1F6B94

Channel breakdown

R9
G114
B170
Red9 (3.5%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue200.87°
Saturation (HSL)89.94%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G 72 · B AA

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