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Recognised as Colour

#0973AA

  • #0973AA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#0973AA is a blue with RGB values 9, 115, 170 and HSL 200°, 90%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0973AA#0973AA
HEX#0973AA
RGBrgb(9, 115, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.451, 0.6667
RGB percentages3.5%, 45.1%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(200.5, 89.9%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.5, 94.7%, 66.7%)
CMYK94.7%, 32.4%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer619,434
CSS custom property--colour: #0973AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15222WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.19:1
Contrast with white5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#F68C55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5874ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#4367A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Tritanopia#008187no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 8.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.5Slate grey · ΔE 27.4Light slate grey · ΔE 27.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 29.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 8.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA4009
Analogous#09AA91, #0922AA
Triadic#AA0973, #73AA09
Split complementary#AA0922, #AA9109
Tetradic#9109AA, #AA4009, #22AA09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#86D2F9
Lighter +30%#56BFF6
Lighter +20%#26ADF3
Lighter +10%#0C94DA
Darker −10%#06527A
Darker −20%#043149
Darker −30%#011119
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0076B3
Less saturated −25%#1F6C94

Channel breakdown

R9
G115
B170
Red9 (3.5%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue200.5°
Saturation (HSL)89.94%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G 73 · B AA

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