Recognised as Colour

#091027

#091027
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#091027 is a blue with RGB values 9, 16, 39 and HSL 226°, 63%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#091027

RGBrgb(9, 16, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.0627, 0.1529

RGB percentages3.5%, 6.3%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(226, 62.5%, 9.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226, 76.9%, 15.3%)

CMYK76.9%, 59%, 0%, 84.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer593,959

CSS custom property--colour: #091027;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness18.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.83:1

Contrast with white18.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#101010

Inverted#F6EFD8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#061328no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#031027no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#001519no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 17.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 42.2 Dim grey · ΔE 42.7 Midnight blue · ΔE 44.2 Slate grey · ΔE 48.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 17.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#272009

Analogous#091F27, #110927

Triadic#270910, #102709

Split complementary#271109, #1F2709

Tetradic#27091F, #272009, #092711

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2F54CD

Lighter +30%#2643A3

Lighter +20%#1C327A

Lighter +10%#132150

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#030D2D

Less saturated −25%#0F1321

Channel breakdown

G16

B39

Red9 (3.5%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue226°

Saturation (HSL)62.5%

Lightness9.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G 10 · B 27

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