Recognised as Colour
#09FAA3
- #09FAA3
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Medium spring green
#09FAA3 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 250, 163 and HSL 158°, 96%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.
Colour values
#09FAA3#09FAA3
HEX#09FAA3
RGBrgb(9, 250, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.9804, 0.6392
RGB percentages3.5%, 98%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(158.3, 96%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.3, 96.4%, 98%)
CMYK96.4%, 0%, 34.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer653,987
CSS custom property--colour: #09FAA3;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.71074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.21:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#F6055C
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#FA0960
Analogous#09FA2A, #09D9FA
Triadic#A309FA, #FAA309
Split complementary#FA09D9, #FA2B09
Tetradic#2A09FA, #FA0960, #D8FA09
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R9
G250
B163
Red9 (3.5%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue158.34°
Saturation (HSL)96.02%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G FA · B A3
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