Recognised as Colour

#060809

#060809
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#060809 is a blue with RGB values 6, 8, 9 and HSL 200°, 20%, 3%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 20.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#060809#060809

HEX#060809

RGBrgb(6, 8, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.0314, 0.0353

RGB percentages2.4%, 3.1%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(200, 20%, 2.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200, 33.3%, 3.5%)

CMYK33.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 96.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer395,273

CSS custom property--colour: #060809;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00232WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness7.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 20.07:1

Contrast with white20.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#080808

Inverted#F9F7F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#070809no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#070709no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#050808no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text20.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 2.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.4 Dim grey · ΔE 42.3 Gray · ΔE 51.5 Slate grey · ΔE 51.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 54.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 2.2, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#090706

Analogous#060909, #060609

Triadic#090608, #080906

Split complementary#090607, #090806

Tetradic#080609, #090706, #060906

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#587583

Lighter +30%#435A65

Lighter +20%#2F3E46

Lighter +10%#1A2328

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#04090B

Less saturated −25%#070707

Channel breakdown

Red6 (2.4%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue200°

Saturation (HSL)20%

Lightness2.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 06 · G 08 · B 09

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Colour values

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