Recognised as Colour

#09E7E9

#09E7E9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#09E7E9 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 231, 233 and HSL 181°, 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 Aqua.

Colour values

#09E7E9#09E7E9

HEX#09E7E9

RGBrgb(9, 231, 233)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.9059, 0.9137

RGB percentages3.5%, 90.6%, 91.4%

HSLhsl(180.5, 92.6%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.5, 96.1%, 91.4%)

CMYK96.1%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer649,193

CSS custom property--colour: #09E7E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63093WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.62:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#F61816

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6DBE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BCC8EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original

Tritanopia#00EFE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 8.7 Cyan · ΔE 8.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 9 Turquoise · ΔE 10.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 8.73, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E90B09

Analogous#09E97B, #0977E9

Triadic#E909E7, #E7E909

Split complementary#E90977, #E97B09

Tetradic#7B09E9, #E90B09, #77E909

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C1FCFD

Lighter +30%#90FAFB

Lighter +20%#5FF7F9

Lighter +10%#2EF5F7

Darker −10%#07B6B8

Darker −20%#058687

Darker −30%#035556

Darker −40%#012425

More saturated +25%#00F0F2

Less saturated −25%#27C9CB

Channel breakdown

G231

B233

Red9 (3.5%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue233 (91.4%)

Hue180.54°

Saturation (HSL)92.56%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G E7 · B E9

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