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Recognised as Colour

#09AEB2

  • #09AEB2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#09AEB2 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 174, 178 and HSL 181°, 90%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#09AEB2#09AEB2
HEX#09AEB2
RGBrgb(9, 174, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.6824, 0.698
RGB percentages3.5%, 68.2%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(181.4, 90.4%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.4, 94.9%, 69.8%)
CMYK94.9%, 2.2%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer634,546
CSS custom property--colour: #09AEB2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.71:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#F6514D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1A5B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C96B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00B5AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3Dark cyan · ΔE 13.5Cadetblue · ΔE 16.1Teal · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B20D09
Analogous#09B262, #0959B2
Triadic#B209AE, #AEB209
Split complementary#B20959, #B26209
Tetradic#6209B2, #B20D09, #59B209

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8EF7F9
Lighter +30%#5DF3F7
Lighter +20%#2DF0F4
Lighter +10%#0BDDE3
Darker −10%#077F81
Darker −20%#044F51
Darker −30%#022020
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B7BB
Less saturated −25%#20989B

Channel breakdown

R9
G174
B178
Red9 (3.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue181.42°
Saturation (HSL)90.37%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G AE · B B2

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