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Recognised as Colour

#09CDBE

  • #09CDBE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#09CDBE is a cyan with RGB values 9, 205, 190 and HSL 175°, 92%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#09CDBE#09CDBE
HEX#09CDBE
RGBrgb(9, 205, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.8039, 0.7451
RGB percentages3.5%, 80.4%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(175.4, 91.6%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.4, 95.6%, 80.4%)
CMYK95.6%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer642,494
CSS custom property--colour: #09CDBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.49:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#F63241

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C1BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABB0C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00D2C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.3Light seagreen · ΔE 11.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.4Aqua · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD0918
Analogous#09CD5C, #097ACD
Triadic#BE09CD, #CDBE09
Split complementary#CD097A, #CD5C09
Tetradic#5C09CD, #CD0918, #7ACD09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A7FBF5
Lighter +30%#76F9EF
Lighter +20%#45F7E9
Lighter +10%#14F5E4
Darker −10%#079C91
Darker −20%#056B63
Darker −30%#033A36
Darker −40%#000A09
More saturated +25%#00D6C6
Less saturated −25%#24B2A7

Channel breakdown

R9
G205
B190
Red9 (3.5%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue175.41°
Saturation (HSL)91.59%
Lightness41.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G CD · B BE

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