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Recognised as Colour

#000961

  • #000961
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#000961 is a blue with RGB values 0, 9, 97 and HSL 234°, 100%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#000961#000961
HEX#000961
RGBrgb(0, 9, 97)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0353, 0.3804
RGB percentages0%, 3.5%, 38%
HSLhsl(234.4, 100%, 19%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234.4, 100%, 38%)
CMYK100%, 90.7%, 0%, 62%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,401
CSS custom property--colour: #000961;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01058WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness33.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.33:1
Contrast with white17.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0D0D0D
Inverted#FFF69E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001F63no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#001560no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#002737no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 6.8Navy · ΔE 20.1Indigo · ΔE 21.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.2Dark blue · ΔE 25.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 6.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#615800
Analogous#003961, #280061
Triadic#610009, #096100
Split complementary#612800, #396100
Tetradic#610039, #615800, #006128

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#2E41FF
Lighter +30%#0017FA
Lighter +20%#0012C7
Lighter +10%#000E94
Darker −10%#00042E
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#000961
Less saturated −25%#0C1355

Channel breakdown

R0
G9
B97
Red0 (0%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue97 (38%)
Hue234.43°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness19.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 09 · B 61

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