Recognised as Colour

#09E55A

#09E55A
Green
Light
Nearest: Spring green

#09E55A is a green with RGB values 9, 229, 90 and HSL 142°, 92%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Spring green.

Colour values

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HEX#09E55A

RGBrgb(9, 229, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.898, 0.3529

RGB percentages3.5%, 89.8%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(142.1, 92.4%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(142.1, 96.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK96.1%, 0%, 60.7%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer648,538

CSS custom property--colour: #09E55A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.37:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#F61AA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8CF4Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3C166no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00E0C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Spring green · ΔE 11.2 Limegreen · ΔE 12.6 Medium spring green · ΔE 22.7 Pale green · ΔE 31.6 Lime · ΔE 32.8 Light green · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourSpring green (#00FF7F)ΔE 11.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E50994

Analogous#26E509, #09E5C8

Triadic#5A09E5, #E55A09

Split complementary#C809E5, #E50926

Tetradic#0926E5, #E50994, #E5C809

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BEFCD5

Lighter +30%#8CFBB5

Lighter +20%#5BF995

Lighter +10%#2AF776

Darker −10%#07B447

Darker −20%#058333

Darker −30%#035220

Darker −40%#01210D

More saturated +25%#00EE58

Less saturated −25%#27C762

Channel breakdown

G229

B90

Red9 (3.5%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue142.09°

Saturation (HSL)92.44%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 09 · G E5 · B 5A

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Colour values

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