Colour

#09E2DE

#09E2DE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#09E2DE is a cyan with RGB values 9, 226, 222 and HSL 179°, 92%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#09E2DE#09E2DE

HEX#09E2DE

RGBrgb(9, 226, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.8863, 0.8706

RGB percentages3.5%, 88.6%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(178.9, 92.3%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.9, 96%, 88.6%)

CMYK96%, 0%, 1.8%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer647,902

CSS custom property--colour: #09E2DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.94:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#F61D21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D3D6DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original

Deuteranopia#BAC3DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00E9E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.3 Aqua · ΔE 10.5 Cyan · ΔE 10.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E2090D

Analogous#09E272, #0979E2

Triadic#DE09E2, #E2DE09

Split complementary#E20979, #E27209

Tetradic#7209E2, #E2090D, #79E209

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BBFCFB

Lighter +30%#8AFAF8

Lighter +20%#59F8F5

Lighter +10%#28F6F3

Darker −10%#07B1AE

Darker −20%#05807E

Darker −30%#034F4D

Darker −40%#011E1D

More saturated +25%#00EBE7

Less saturated −25%#26C5C2

Channel breakdown

G226

B222

Red9 (3.5%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue178.89°

Saturation (HSL)92.34%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 09 · G E2 · B DE

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