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Colour

#09BCB6

  • #09BCB6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#09BCB6 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 188, 182 and HSL 178°, 91%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#09BCB6#09BCB6
HEX#09BCB6
RGBrgb(9, 188, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.7373, 0.7137
RGB percentages3.5%, 73.7%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(178, 90.9%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178, 95.2%, 73.7%)
CMYK95.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer638,134
CSS custom property--colour: #09BCB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39402WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.88:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#F64349

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B1B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BA2B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.2Turquoise · ΔE 13.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.8Dark cyan · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.35, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC090F
Analogous#09BC5C, #0969BC
Triadic#B609BC, #BCB609
Split complementary#BC0969, #BC5C09
Tetradic#5C09BC, #BC090F, #69BC09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#97FAF7
Lighter +30%#66F8F3
Lighter +20%#36F5EF
Lighter +10%#0BEDE5
Darker −10%#078B87
Darker −20%#045B58
Darker −30%#022A29
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C5BE
Less saturated −25%#22A39F

Channel breakdown

R9
G188
B182
Red9 (3.5%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue177.99°
Saturation (HSL)90.86%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G BC · B B6

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