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Recognised as Colour

#09A85A

  • #09A85A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#09A85A is a cyan with RGB values 9, 168, 90 and HSL 151°, 90%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#09A85A#09A85A
HEX#09A85A
RGBrgb(9, 168, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.6588, 0.3529
RGB percentages3.5%, 65.9%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(150.6, 89.8%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(150.6, 94.6%, 65.9%)
CMYK94.6%, 0%, 46.4%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer632,922
CSS custom property--colour: #09A85A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.76:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#F657A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A89954no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#988E60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00A695no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 9.7Forest green · ΔE 18.5Sea green · ΔE 20Green · ΔE 24.5Light green · ΔE 28Dark green · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A80957
Analogous#09A80A, #09A7A8
Triadic#5A09A8, #A85A09
Split complementary#A809A7, #A80A09
Tetradic#0A09A8, #A80957, #A7A809

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#85F8C0
Lighter +30%#54F6A7
Lighter +20%#24F38D
Lighter +10%#0CD874
Darker −10%#067840
Darker −20%#044726
Darker −30%#01170C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B15A
Less saturated −25%#1F925A

Channel breakdown

R9
G168
B90
Red9 (3.5%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue150.57°
Saturation (HSL)89.83%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G A8 · B 5A

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