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Recognised as Colour

#09A36D

  • #09A36D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#09A36D is a cyan with RGB values 9, 163, 109 and HSL 159°, 90%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#09A36D#09A36D
HEX#09A36D
RGBrgb(9, 163, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.6392, 0.4275
RGB percentages3.5%, 63.9%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(159, 89.5%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159, 94.5%, 63.9%)
CMYK94.5%, 0%, 33.1%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer631,661
CSS custom property--colour: #09A36D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.47:1
Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#F65C92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1966Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#918A71no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00A295no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 8.5Sea green · ΔE 12Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.8Light seagreen · ΔE 27.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 28Forest green · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 8.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3093F
Analogous#09A320, #098CA3
Triadic#6D09A3, #A36D09
Split complementary#A3098C, #A32009
Tetradic#2009A3, #A3093F, #8CA309

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#80F8CE
Lighter +30%#50F5BB
Lighter +20%#1FF3A9
Lighter +10%#0CD38D
Darker −10%#06734D
Darker −20%#04422C
Darker −30%#01120C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AC70
Less saturated −25%#1E8D67

Channel breakdown

R9
G163
B109
Red9 (3.5%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue158.96°
Saturation (HSL)89.53%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G A3 · B 6D

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