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Colour

#09AFBC

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

#09AFBC is a cyan with RGB values 9, 175, 188 and HSL 184°, 91%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#09AFBC#09AFBC
HEX#09AFBC
RGBrgb(9, 175, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.6863, 0.7373
RGB percentages3.5%, 68.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(184.4, 90.9%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.4, 95.2%, 73.7%)
CMYK95.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer634,812
CSS custom property--colour: #09AFBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.87:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#F65043

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FA7BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A98BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B7B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 12.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.5Dark cyan · ΔE 15.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6Cadetblue · ΔE 16.1Teal · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC1609
Analogous#09BC70, #0955BC
Triadic#BC09AF, #AFBC09
Split complementary#BC0956, #BC7009
Tetradic#6F09BC, #BC1609, #56BC09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#97F3FA
Lighter +30%#66EDF8
Lighter +20%#36E7F5
Lighter +10%#0BDCED
Darker −10%#07828B
Darker −20%#04545B
Darker −30%#02272A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B7C5
Less saturated −25%#229AA3

Channel breakdown

R9
G175
B188
Red9 (3.5%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue184.36°
Saturation (HSL)90.86%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G AF · B BC

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