Recognised as Colour
#09DC93
- #09DC93
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Medium spring green
#09DC93 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 220, 147 and HSL 159°, 92%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.
Colour values
#09DC93#09DC93
HEX#09DC93
RGBrgb(9, 220, 147)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.8627, 0.5765
RGB percentages3.5%, 86.3%, 57.6%
HSLhsl(159.2, 92.1%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.2, 95.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK95.9%, 0%, 33.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer646,291
CSS custom property--colour: #09DC93;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.53351WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.67:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#F6236C
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#DC0952
Analogous#09DC2A, #09BBDC
Triadic#9309DC, #DC9309
Split complementary#DC09BB, #DC2A09
Tetradic#2A09DC, #DC0952, #BBDC09
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R9
G220
B147
Red9 (3.5%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue147 (57.6%)
Hue159.24°
Saturation (HSL)92.14%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G DC · B 93
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