Colour

#09987A

#09987A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#09987A is a cyan with RGB values 9, 152, 122 and HSL 167°, 89%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

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HEX#09987A

RGBrgb(9, 152, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.5961, 0.4784

RGB percentages3.5%, 59.6%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(167.4, 88.8%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(167.4, 94.1%, 59.6%)

CMYK94.1%, 0%, 19.7%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer628,858

CSS custom property--colour: #09987A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2392WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.78:1

Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#F66785

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#938D79no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#83817Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Tritanopia#00998Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 14.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.4 Dark cyan · ΔE 19 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20 Teal · ΔE 20.7 Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 14.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#980927

Analogous#099833, #096E98

Triadic#7A0998, #987A09

Split complementary#98096F, #983309

Tetradic#320998, #980927, #6E9809

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#76F7DC

Lighter +30%#46F4D0

Lighter +20%#16F1C3

Lighter +10%#0CC8A1

Darker −10%#066853

Darker −20%#03382D

Darker −30%#000806

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00A17F

Less saturated −25%#1D846E

Channel breakdown

G152

B122

Red9 (3.5%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue167.41°

Saturation (HSL)88.82%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 09 · G 98 · B 7A

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