Recognised as Colour
#09E7E5
- #09E7E5
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Turquoise
#09E7E5 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 231, 229 and HSL 179°, 93%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.
Colour values
#09E7E5#09E7E5
HEX#09E7E5
RGBrgb(9, 231, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.9059, 0.898
RGB percentages3.5%, 90.6%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(179.5, 92.5%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.5, 96.1%, 90.6%)
CMYK96.1%, 0%, 0.9%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer649,189
CSS custom property--colour: #09E7E5;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.62867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.57:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#F6181A
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E7090B
Analogous#09E776, #097AE7
Triadic#E509E7, #E7E509
Split complementary#E7097A, #E77609
Tetradic#7609E7, #E7090B, #7AE709
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R9
G231
B229
Red9 (3.5%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue179.46°
Saturation (HSL)92.5%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G E7 · B E5
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