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Recognised as Colour

#09E6AE

  • #09E6AE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#09E6AE is a cyan with RGB values 9, 230, 174 and HSL 165°, 92%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#09E6AE#09E6AE
HEX#09E6AE
RGBrgb(9, 230, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.902, 0.6824
RGB percentages3.5%, 90.2%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(164.8, 92.5%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.8, 96.1%, 90.2%)
CMYK96.1%, 0%, 24.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer648,878
CSS custom property--colour: #09E6AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.8 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#B3B3B3
Inverted#F61951

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0D5ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9C4B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58 from the original
Tritanopia#00E7D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 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

Aquamarine · ΔE 17.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 22Medium spring green · ΔE 22.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.5Turquoise · ΔE 23.8Light green · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 17.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E60941
Analogous#09E63F, #09B0E6
Triadic#AE09E6, #E6AE09
Split complementary#E609B0, #E63F09
Tetradic#3F09E6, #E60941, #B0E609

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BFFCED
Lighter +30%#8DFBDF
Lighter +20%#5CF9D1
Lighter +10%#2BF7C3
Darker −10%#07B589
Darker −20%#058464
Darker −30%#03533F
Darker −40%#012219
More saturated +25%#00EFB2
Less saturated −25%#27C89F

Channel breakdown

R9
G230
B174
Red9 (3.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue164.8°
Saturation (HSL)92.47%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G E6 · B AE

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