Recognised as Colour
#09F9BD
- #09F9BD
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Aquamarine
#09F9BD is a cyan with RGB values 9, 249, 189 and HSL 165°, 95%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.
Colour values
#09F9BD#09F9BD
HEX#09F9BD
RGBrgb(9, 249, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.9765, 0.7412
RGB percentages3.5%, 97.6%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(165, 95.2%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165, 96.4%, 97.6%)
CMYK96.4%, 0%, 24.1%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer653,757
CSS custom property--colour: #09F9BD;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.71484WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.3:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#F60642
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#F90945
Analogous#09F945, #09BDF9
Triadic#BD09F9, #F9BD09
Split complementary#F909BD, #F94509
Tetradic#4509F9, #F90945, #BDF909
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R9
G249
B189
Red9 (3.5%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue165°
Saturation (HSL)95.24%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G F9 · B BD
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