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Recognised as Colour

#09F259

  • #09F259
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Spring green

#09F259 is a green with RGB values 9, 242, 89 and HSL 141°, 93%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Spring green.

Colour values

#09F259#09F259
HEX#09F259
RGBrgb(9, 242, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.949, 0.349
RGB percentages3.5%, 94.9%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(140.6, 92.8%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(140.6, 96.3%, 94.9%)
CMYK96.3%, 0%, 63.2%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer651,865
CSS custom property--colour: #09F259;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.86:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#F60DA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F5DB47no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0CC67no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00ECD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Spring green · ΔE 12.5Limegreen · ΔE 15.9Lime · ΔE 26.1Medium spring green · ΔE 27.4Lawn green · ΔE 28.4Chartreuse · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourSpring green (#00FF7F)ΔE 12.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F209A2
Analogous#2DF209, #09F2CD
Triadic#5909F2, #F25909
Split complementary#CD09F2, #F2092E
Tetradic#092EF2, #F209A2, #F2CE09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAFDDC
Lighter +30%#99FBBB
Lighter +20%#68F99A
Lighter +10%#36F879
Darker −10%#07C147
Darker −20%#059035
Darker −30%#045E23
Darker −40%#022D11
More saturated +25%#00FB56
Less saturated −25%#28D363

Channel breakdown

R9
G242
B89
Red9 (3.5%)
Green242 (94.9%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue140.6°
Saturation (HSL)92.83%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G F2 · B 59

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