Colour

#09AAA9

#09AAA9
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#09AAA9 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 170, 169 and HSL 180°, 90%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#09AAA9#09AAA9

HEX#09AAA9

RGBrgb(9, 170, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.6667, 0.6627

RGB percentages3.5%, 66.7%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(179.6, 89.9%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.6, 94.7%, 66.7%)

CMYK94.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer633,513

CSS custom property--colour: #09AAA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.33:1

Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#F65556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9EA1A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B93AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00B0A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 11.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.1 Teal · ΔE 16.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.88, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AA090A

Analogous#09AA59, #095BAA

Triadic#A909AA, #AAA909

Split complementary#AA095B, #AA5909

Tetradic#5809AA, #AA090A, #5AAA09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#86F9F8

Lighter +30%#56F6F5

Lighter +20%#26F3F2

Lighter +10%#0CDAD9

Darker −10%#067A79

Darker −20%#044949

Darker −30%#011919

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B3B2

Less saturated −25%#1F9493

Channel breakdown

G170

B169

Red9 (3.5%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue179.63°

Saturation (HSL)89.94%

Lightness35.1%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 09 · G AA · B A9

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