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Recognised as Colour

#09B27E

  • #09B27E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#09B27E is a cyan with RGB values 9, 178, 126 and HSL 162°, 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 Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#09B27E#09B27E
HEX#09B27E
RGBrgb(9, 178, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.698, 0.4941
RGB percentages3.5%, 69.8%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(161.5, 90.4%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.5, 94.9%, 69.8%)
CMYK94.9%, 0%, 29.2%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer635,518
CSS custom property--colour: #09B27E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.68:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#F64D81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFA47Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D9781no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 8.6Sea green · ΔE 17.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.3Light seagreen · ΔE 25.9Turquoise · ΔE 27Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 8.57, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2093D
Analogous#09B22A, #0991B2
Triadic#7E09B2, #B27E09
Split complementary#B20991, #B22A09
Tetradic#2A09B2, #B2093D, #91B209

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8EF9D8
Lighter +30%#5DF7C8
Lighter +20%#2DF4B7
Lighter +10%#0BE3A0
Darker −10%#07815C
Darker −20%#045139
Darker −30%#022017
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BB81
Less saturated −25%#209B75

Channel breakdown

R9
G178
B126
Red9 (3.5%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue161.54°
Saturation (HSL)90.37%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G B2 · B 7E

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