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Recognised as Colour

#097899

  • #097899
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#097899 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 120, 153 and HSL 194°, 89%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#097899#097899
HEX#097899
RGBrgb(9, 120, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.4706, 0.6
RGB percentages3.5%, 47.1%, 60%
HSLhsl(193.8, 88.9%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.8, 94.1%, 60%)
CMYK94.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer620,697
CSS custom property--colour: #097899;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15791WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.05:1
Contrast with white5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#F68766

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#66769Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#556999no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#008283no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 14.4Slate grey · ΔE 21Light slate grey · ΔE 21.7Teal · ΔE 21.8Dark cyan · ΔE 23.1Cadetblue · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 14.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#992A09
Analogous#099972, #093099
Triadic#990978, #789909
Split complementary#990930, #997209
Tetradic#720999, #992A09, #309909

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#77DAF7
Lighter +30%#47CCF4
Lighter +20%#17BFF1
Lighter +10%#0C9EC9
Darker −10%#065269
Darker −20%#032C39
Darker −30%#000708
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#007DA2
Less saturated −25%#1D6D85

Channel breakdown

R9
G120
B153
Red9 (3.5%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue193.75°
Saturation (HSL)88.89%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G 78 · B 99

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