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Recognised as Colour

#09ACAA

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

#09ACAA is a cyan with RGB values 9, 172, 170 and HSL 179°, 90%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#09ACAA#09ACAA
HEX#09ACAA
RGBrgb(9, 172, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.6745, 0.6667
RGB percentages3.5%, 67.5%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(179.3, 90.1%, 35.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 94.8%, 67.5%)
CMYK94.8%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer634,026
CSS custom property--colour: #09ACAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.49:1
Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#F65355

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0A3AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D94ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4Dark cyan · ΔE 12.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3Cadetblue · ΔE 16.7Teal · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.98, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC090B
Analogous#09AC59, #095DAC
Triadic#AA09AC, #ACAA09
Split complementary#AC095D, #AC5909
Tetradic#5909AC, #AC090B, #5DAC09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#88F9F7
Lighter +30%#58F6F4
Lighter +20%#27F4F1
Lighter +10%#0CDCDA
Darker −10%#067C7A
Darker −20%#044B4A
Darker −30%#011B1A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B5B3
Less saturated −25%#209594

Channel breakdown

R9
G172
B170
Red9 (3.5%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue179.26°
Saturation (HSL)90.06%
Lightness35.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G AC · B AA

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