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Recognised as Colour

#09DC8A

  • #09DC8A
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#09DC8A is a cyan with RGB values 9, 220, 138 and HSL 157°, 92%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#09DC8A#09DC8A
HEX#09DC8A
RGBrgb(9, 220, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.8627, 0.5412
RGB percentages3.5%, 86.3%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(156.7, 92.1%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.7, 95.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK95.9%, 0%, 37.3%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer646,282
CSS custom property--colour: #09DC8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.62:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#F62375

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DACA85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5BB90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00DAC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 12.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 20Light green · ΔE 21Pale green · ΔE 22.4Spring green · ΔE 25.7Aquamarine · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 12.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC095B
Analogous#09DC20, #09C5DC
Triadic#8A09DC, #DC8A09
Split complementary#DC09C4, #DC2009
Tetradic#2109DC, #DC095B, #C4DC09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B5FCE0
Lighter +30%#84FACC
Lighter +20%#53F8B8
Lighter +10%#22F6A4
Darker −10%#07AB6B
Darker −20%#057A4D
Darker −30%#03492E
Darker −40%#01180F
More saturated +25%#00E58C
Less saturated −25%#26BF84

Channel breakdown

R9
G220
B138
Red9 (3.5%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue156.68°
Saturation (HSL)92.14%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G DC · B 8A

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