Recognised as Colour

#09ABA1

#09ABA1
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#09ABA1 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 171, 161 and HSL 176°, 90%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#09ABA1#09ABA1

HEX#09ABA1

RGBrgb(9, 171, 161)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.6706, 0.6314

RGB percentages3.5%, 67.1%, 63.1%

HSLhsl(176.3, 90%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.3, 94.7%, 67.1%)

CMYK94.7%, 0%, 5.8%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer633,761

CSS custom property--colour: #09ABA1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31757WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.35:1

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

Contrast with black7.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#F6545E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A1A1A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E93A2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00B0A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 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 text7.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.8 Teal · ΔE 17.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 2.97, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AB0913

Analogous#09AB50, #0964AB

Triadic#A109AB, #ABA109

Split complementary#AB0964, #AB5009

Tetradic#5009AB, #AB0913, #64AB09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#87F9F2

Lighter +30%#57F6EC

Lighter +20%#26F4E7

Lighter +10%#0CDBCF

Darker −10%#067B73

Darker −20%#044A46

Darker −30%#011A18

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B4A9

Less saturated −25%#1F948D

Channel breakdown

G171

B161

Red9 (3.5%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue161 (63.1%)

Hue176.3°

Saturation (HSL)90%

Lightness35.29%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 09 · G AB · B A1

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