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Recognised as Colour

#09A689

  • #09A689
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#09A689 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 166, 137 and HSL 169°, 90%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#09A689#09A689
HEX#09A689
RGBrgb(9, 166, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.651, 0.5373
RGB percentages3.5%, 65.1%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(168.9, 89.7%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.9, 94.6%, 65.1%)
CMYK94.6%, 0%, 17.5%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer632,457
CSS custom property--colour: #09A689;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29137WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.83:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#F65976

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A09A88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E8E8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00A89Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 13.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.9Sea green · ΔE 18.1Dark cyan · ΔE 20.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 13.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A60926
Analogous#09A63A, #0975A6
Triadic#8909A6, #A68909
Split complementary#A60975, #A63A09
Tetradic#3A09A6, #A60926, #75A609

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#83F8E3
Lighter +30%#52F6D7
Lighter +20%#22F3CC
Lighter +10%#0CD6B1
Darker −10%#067661
Darker −20%#044539
Darker −30%#011511
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AF8F
Less saturated −25%#1F907B

Channel breakdown

R9
G166
B137
Red9 (3.5%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue168.92°
Saturation (HSL)89.71%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G A6 · B 89

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