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Recognised as Colour

#09B6BE

  • #09B6BE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#09B6BE is a cyan with RGB values 9, 182, 190 and HSL 183°, 91%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#09B6BE#09B6BE
HEX#09B6BE
RGBrgb(9, 182, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.7137, 0.7451
RGB percentages3.5%, 71.4%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(182.7, 91%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.7, 95.3%, 74.5%)
CMYK95.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer636,606
CSS custom property--colour: #09B6BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37232WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.45:1
Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#F64941

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7ADBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#929EBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.8Dark cyan · ΔE 16.8Cadetblue · ΔE 17.8Turquoise · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.24, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE1109
Analogous#09BE6B, #095CBE
Triadic#BE09B6, #B6BE09
Split complementary#BE095C, #BE6B09
Tetradic#6B09BE, #BE1109, #5CBE09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#99F6FA
Lighter +30%#68F2F8
Lighter +20%#37EDF6
Lighter +10%#0BE5EF
Darker −10%#07878D
Darker −20%#04595D
Darker −30%#022A2C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BEC7
Less saturated −25%#229FA5

Channel breakdown

R9
G182
B190
Red9 (3.5%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue182.65°
Saturation (HSL)90.95%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G B6 · B BE

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