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Recognised as Colour

#09CDC6

  • #09CDC6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#09CDC6 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 205, 198 and HSL 178°, 92%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#09CDC6#09CDC6
HEX#09CDC6
RGBrgb(9, 205, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.8039, 0.7765
RGB percentages3.5%, 80.4%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(177.9, 91.6%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 95.6%, 80.4%)
CMYK95.6%, 0%, 3.4%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer642,502
CSS custom property--colour: #09CDC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47798WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.56:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#F63239

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C1C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9B1C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00D3CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 5.7Turquoise · ΔE 8.1Light seagreen · ΔE 10.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.3Aqua · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD0910
Analogous#09CD64, #0972CD
Triadic#C609CD, #CDC609
Split complementary#CD0972, #CD6409
Tetradic#6409CD, #CD0910, #72CD09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A7FBF8
Lighter +30%#76F9F4
Lighter +20%#45F7F0
Lighter +10%#14F5ED
Darker −10%#079C97
Darker −20%#056B68
Darker −30%#033A38
Darker −40%#000A09
More saturated +25%#00D6CE
Less saturated −25%#24B2AD

Channel breakdown

R9
G205
B198
Red9 (3.5%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue177.86°
Saturation (HSL)91.59%
Lightness41.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G CD · B C6

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