Colour

#000A09

#000A09
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#000A09 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 10, 9 and HSL 174°, 100%, 2%. 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

#000A09#000A09

HEX#000A09

RGBrgb(0, 10, 9)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0392, 0.0353

RGB percentages0%, 3.9%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(174, 100%, 2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174, 100%, 3.9%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 10%, 96.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,569

CSS custom property--colour: #000A09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00237WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness8.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 20.05:1

Contrast with white20.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#080808

Inverted#FFF5F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#090909no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#070709no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#000B0Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text20.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 3.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.6 Dim grey · ΔE 42.4 Gray · ΔE 51.5 Slate grey · ΔE 51.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 53.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 3.53, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A0001

Analogous#000A04, #00060A

Triadic#09000A, #0A0900

Split complementary#0A0006, #0A0400

Tetradic#04000A, #0A0001, #060A00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#00D6C1

Lighter +30%#00A393

Lighter +20%#007065

Lighter +10%#003D37

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#000A09

Less saturated −25%#010908

Channel breakdown

G10

Red0 (0%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue174°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness1.96%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 0A · B 09

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