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Recognised as Colour

#096895

  • #096895
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#096895 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 104, 149 and HSL 199°, 89%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#096895#096895
HEX#096895
RGBrgb(9, 104, 149)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.4078, 0.5843
RGB percentages3.5%, 40.8%, 58.4%
HSLhsl(199.3, 88.6%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.3, 94%, 58.4%)
CMYK94%, 30.2%, 0%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer616,597
CSS custom property--colour: #096895;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12129WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.13:1
Contrast with white6.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#F6976A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#526897no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#405C94no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Tritanopia#007378no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 11.6Slate grey · ΔE 24.4Light slate grey · ΔE 25.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.8Teal · ΔE 32Cornflower blue · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 11.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#953609
Analogous#09957C, #092295
Triadic#950968, #689509
Split complementary#950922, #957C09
Tetradic#7C0995, #953609, #229509

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#73CCF7
Lighter +30%#43BBF4
Lighter +20%#13AAF1
Lighter +10%#0C8AC5
Darker −10%#064665
Darker −20%#032535
Darker −30%#000305
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006B9E
Less saturated −25%#1D6181

Channel breakdown

R9
G104
B149
Red9 (3.5%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue149 (58.4%)
Hue199.29°
Saturation (HSL)88.61%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G 68 · B 95

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