Recognised as Colour

#09EDCE

#09EDCE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#09EDCE is a cyan with RGB values 9, 237, 206 and HSL 172°, 93%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#09EDCE#09EDCE

HEX#09EDCE

RGBrgb(9, 237, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.9294, 0.8078

RGB percentages3.5%, 92.9%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(171.8, 92.7%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 96.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK96.2%, 0%, 13.1%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer650,702

CSS custom property--colour: #09EDCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.02:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#F61231

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3DECDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CACBD1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00F1E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 11.8 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.8 Aqua · ΔE 18.1 Cyan · ΔE 18.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 11.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED0928

Analogous#09ED5C, #099AED

Triadic#CE09ED, #EDCE09

Split complementary#ED099A, #ED5C09

Tetradic#5C09ED, #ED0928, #9AED09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C5FDF5

Lighter +30%#94FBED

Lighter +20%#63F9E5

Lighter +10%#32F7DC

Darker −10%#07BCA3

Darker −20%#058B79

Darker −30%#035A4E

Darker −40%#022823

More saturated +25%#00F6D5

Less saturated −25%#28CEB8

Channel breakdown

G237

B206

Red9 (3.5%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue171.84°

Saturation (HSL)92.68%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 09 · G ED · B CE

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Colour values

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