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Colour

#091970

  • #091970
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#091970 is a blue with RGB values 9, 25, 112 and HSL 231°, 85%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#091970#091970
HEX#091970
RGBrgb(9, 25, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.098, 0.4392
RGB percentages3.5%, 9.8%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(230.7, 85.1%, 23.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230.7, 92%, 43.9%)
CMYK92%, 77.7%, 0%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer596,336
CSS custom property--colour: #091970;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01923WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness42.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.17:1
Contrast with white15.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#F6E68F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002B73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#00216Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#003343no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 1.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.6Indigo · ΔE 22Navy · ΔE 22Rebecca purple · ΔE 22Dark blue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 1.93, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#706009
Analogous#094D70, #2C0970
Triadic#700919, #197009
Split complementary#702C09, #4D7009
Tetradic#70094D, #706009, #09702C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#546CF1
Lighter +30%#2544ED
Lighter +20%#112ECE
Lighter +10%#0D249F
Darker −10%#050E41
Darker −20%#010412
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#001379
Less saturated −25%#182361

Channel breakdown

R9
G25
B112
Red9 (3.5%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue230.68°
Saturation (HSL)85.12%
Lightness23.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G 19 · B 70

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