Recognised as Colour
#09EDE0
- #09EDE0
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Turquoise
#09EDE0 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 237, 224 and HSL 177°, 93%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.
Colour values
#09EDE0#09EDE0
HEX#09EDE0
RGBrgb(9, 237, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.9294, 0.8784
RGB percentages3.5%, 92.9%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(176.6, 92.7%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.6, 96.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK96.2%, 0%, 5.5%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer650,720
CSS custom property--colour: #09EDE0;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.66008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.2:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#F6121F
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#ED0916
Analogous#09ED6E, #0988ED
Triadic#E009ED, #EDE009
Split complementary#ED0988, #ED6E09
Tetradic#6E09ED, #ED0916, #88ED09
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R9
G237
B224
Red9 (3.5%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue176.58°
Saturation (HSL)92.68%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G ED · B E0
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