Colour

#09E488

#09E488
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium spring green

#09E488 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 228, 136 and HSL 155°, 92%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

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HEX#09E488

RGBrgb(9, 228, 136)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.8941, 0.5333

RGB percentages3.5%, 89.4%, 53.3%

HSLhsl(154.8, 92.4%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(154.8, 96.1%, 89.4%)

CMYK96.1%, 0%, 40.4%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer648,328

CSS custom property--colour: #09E488;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.46:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF

Inverted#F61B77

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3D182no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDC18Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E2CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 8.2 Spring green · ΔE 19.8 Light green · ΔE 21.5 Pale green · ΔE 21.8 Medium seagreen · ΔE 25 Limegreen · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 8.18, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E40965

Analogous#09E41A, #09D2E4

Triadic#8809E4, #E48809

Split complementary#E409D2, #E41A09

Tetradic#1B09E4, #E40965, #D3E409

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BDFCE2

Lighter +30%#8CFACC

Lighter +20%#5AF9B6

Lighter +10%#29F7A0

Darker −10%#07B36B

Darker −20%#05824D

Darker −30%#035130

Darker −40%#012013

More saturated +25%#00ED89

Less saturated −25%#27C683

Channel breakdown

G228

B136

Red9 (3.5%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue136 (53.3%)

Hue154.79°

Saturation (HSL)92.41%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 09 · G E4 · B 88

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