Recognised as Colour

#09ABA2

#09ABA2
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#09ABA2 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 171, 162 and HSL 177°, 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

#09ABA2#09ABA2

HEX#09ABA2

RGBrgb(9, 171, 162)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.6706, 0.6353

RGB percentages3.5%, 67.1%, 63.5%

HSLhsl(176.7, 90%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.7, 94.7%, 67.1%)

CMYK94.7%, 0%, 5.3%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer633,762

CSS custom property--colour: #09ABA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.36:1

Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#F6545D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A1A1A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E93A3no 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 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 2.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.5 Teal · ΔE 17.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 2.73, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AB0912

Analogous#09AB51, #0963AB

Triadic#A209AB, #ABA209

Split complementary#AB0963, #AB5109

Tetradic#5109AB, #AB0912, #63AB09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#87F9F2

Lighter +30%#57F6ED

Lighter +20%#26F4E8

Lighter +10%#0CDBD0

Darker −10%#067B74

Darker −20%#044A46

Darker −30%#011A18

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B4AA

Less saturated −25%#1F948E

Channel breakdown

G171

B162

Red9 (3.5%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue162 (63.5%)

Hue176.67°

Saturation (HSL)90%

Lightness35.29%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 09 · G AB · B A2

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