Recognised as Colour

#09E609

#09E609
Green
Light
Nearest: Lime

#09E609 is a green with RGB values 9, 230, 9 and HSL 120°, 92%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

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HEX#09E609

RGBrgb(9, 230, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.902, 0.0353

RGB percentages3.5%, 90.2%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(120, 92.5%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(120, 96.1%, 90.2%)

CMYK96.1%, 0%, 96.1%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer648,713

CSS custom property--colour: #09E609;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56671WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.33:1

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

Contrast with black12.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#F619F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBCF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7C136no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73 from the original

Tritanopia#00DFC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.2 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 text12.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 12.5 Lawn green · ΔE 16.9 Chartreuse · ΔE 17.7 Limegreen · ΔE 20.5 Green yellow · ΔE 29.9 Spring green · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 12.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E609E6

Analogous#77E609, #09E677

Triadic#0909E6, #E60909

Split complementary#7709E6, #E60977

Tetradic#0977E6, #E609E6, #E67709

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BFFCBF

Lighter +30%#8DFB8D

Lighter +20%#5CF95C

Lighter +10%#2BF72B

Darker −10%#07B507

Darker −20%#058405

Darker −30%#035303

Darker −40%#012201

More saturated +25%#00EF00

Less saturated −25%#27C827

Channel breakdown

G230

Red9 (3.5%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue120°

Saturation (HSL)92.47%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 09 · G E6 · B 09

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