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Recognised as Colour

#09A690

  • #09A690
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#09A690 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 166, 144 and HSL 172°, 90%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#09A690#09A690
HEX#09A690
RGBrgb(9, 166, 144)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.651, 0.5647
RGB percentages3.5%, 65.1%, 56.5%
HSLhsl(171.6, 89.7%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.6, 94.6%, 65.1%)
CMYK94.6%, 0%, 13.3%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer632,464
CSS custom property--colour: #09A690;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.87:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#F6596F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F9B8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D8E92no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00A99Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.4Dark cyan · ΔE 17.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.9Teal · ΔE 20.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.59, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6091F
Analogous#09A642, #096DA6
Triadic#9009A6, #A69009
Split complementary#A6096D, #A64209
Tetradic#4209A6, #A6091F, #6DA609

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#83F8E8
Lighter +30%#52F6DF
Lighter +20%#22F3D6
Lighter +10%#0CD6BA
Darker −10%#067666
Darker −20%#04453C
Darker −30%#011512
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AF96
Less saturated −25%#1F9080

Channel breakdown

R9
G166
B144
Red9 (3.5%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue144 (56.5%)
Hue171.59°
Saturation (HSL)89.71%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G A6 · B 90

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