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Recognised as Colour

#09DC38

  • #09DC38
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#09DC38 is a green with RGB values 9, 220, 56 and HSL 133°, 92%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#09DC38#09DC38
HEX#09DC38
RGBrgb(9, 220, 56)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.8627, 0.2196
RGB percentages3.5%, 86.3%, 22%
HSLhsl(133.4, 92.1%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(133.4, 95.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK95.9%, 0%, 74.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer646,200
CSS custom property--colour: #09DC38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5153WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.31:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#F623C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0C614no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDB94Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69 from the original
Tritanopia#00D6BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 8.9Spring green · ΔE 20.4Lime · ΔE 25.1Lawn green · ΔE 25.3Chartreuse · ΔE 26.4Green yellow · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 8.91, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC09AD
Analogous#44DC09, #09DCA2
Triadic#3809DC, #DC3809
Split complementary#A109DC, #DC0944
Tetradic#0944DC, #DC09AD, #DCA209

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B5FCC5
Lighter +30%#84FA9E
Lighter +20%#53F878
Lighter +10%#22F651
Darker −10%#07AB2C
Darker −20%#057A1F
Darker −30%#034913
Darker −40%#011806
More saturated +25%#00E533
Less saturated −25%#26BF48

Channel breakdown

R9
G220
B56
Red9 (3.5%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue133.36°
Saturation (HSL)92.14%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G DC · B 38

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