Recognised as Colour
#09FAAC
- #09FAAC
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Medium spring green
#09FAAC is a cyan with RGB values 9, 250, 172 and HSL 161°, 96%, 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 Medium spring green.
Colour values
#09FAAC#09FAAC
HEX#09FAAC
RGBrgb(9, 250, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.9804, 0.6745
RGB percentages3.5%, 98%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(160.6, 96%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.6, 96.4%, 98%)
CMYK96.4%, 0%, 31.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer653,996
CSS custom property--colour: #09FAAC;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.71408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.28:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#F60553
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 text15.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#FA0957
Analogous#09FA34, #09CFFA
Triadic#AC09FA, #FAAC09
Split complementary#FA09CF, #FA3409
Tetradic#3409FA, #FA0957, #CFFA09
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R9
G250
B172
Red9 (3.5%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue160.58°
Saturation (HSL)96.02%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G FA · B AC
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