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Recognised as Colour

#09DCC5

  • #09DCC5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#09DCC5 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 220, 197 and HSL 173°, 92%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#09DCC5#09DCC5
HEX#09DCC5
RGBrgb(9, 220, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.8627, 0.7725
RGB percentages3.5%, 86.3%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(173.5, 92.1%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.5, 95.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK95.9%, 0%, 10.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer646,341
CSS custom property--colour: #09DCC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55276WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.06:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#F6233A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1CEC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BABDC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.8Aquamarine · ΔE 17.3Aqua · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC0920
Analogous#09DC5B, #098ADC
Triadic#C509DC, #DCC509
Split complementary#DC098A, #DC5B09
Tetradic#5B09DC, #DC0920, #8ADC09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B5FCF4
Lighter +30%#84FAED
Lighter +20%#53F8E6
Lighter +10%#22F6DF
Darker −10%#07AB99
Darker −20%#057A6D
Darker −30%#034941
Darker −40%#011816
More saturated +25%#00E5CC
Less saturated −25%#26BFAF

Channel breakdown

R9
G220
B197
Red9 (3.5%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue173.46°
Saturation (HSL)92.14%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G DC · B C5

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