Recognised as Colour

#09BDB7

#09BDB7
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#09BDB7 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 189, 183 and HSL 178°, 91%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

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HEX#09BDB7

RGBrgb(9, 189, 183)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.7412, 0.7176

RGB percentages3.5%, 74.1%, 71.8%

HSLhsl(178, 90.9%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178, 95.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK95.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer638,391

CSS custom property--colour: #09BDB7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.97:1

Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#F64248

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B1B2B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Deuteranopia#9CA3B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original

Tritanopia#00C3BBno 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 text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 8 Turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.7, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BD090F

Analogous#09BD5D, #0969BD

Triadic#B709BD, #BDB709

Split complementary#BD0969, #BD5D09

Tetradic#5D09BD, #BD090F, #69BD09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#98FAF7

Lighter +30%#67F8F3

Lighter +20%#37F5EF

Lighter +10%#0BEEE6

Darker −10%#078C88

Darker −20%#045C59

Darker −30%#022B2A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C6BF

Less saturated −25%#22A4A0

Channel breakdown

G189

B183

Red9 (3.5%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue183 (71.8%)

Hue178°

Saturation (HSL)90.91%

Lightness38.82%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 09 · G BD · B B7

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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