Colour

#09FFE6

#09FFE6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#09FFE6 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 255, 230 and HSL 174°, 100%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#09FFE6#09FFE6

HEX#09FFE6

RGBrgb(9, 255, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 1, 0.902

RGB percentages3.5%, 100%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(173.9, 100%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.9, 96.5%, 100%)

CMYK96.5%, 0%, 9.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer655,334

CSS custom property--colour: #09FFE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.46:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#F60019

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2EFE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7DBE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 13.8 Cyan · ΔE 13.8 Turquoise · ΔE 14.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 15.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 23 Dark turquoise · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 13.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FF0922

Analogous#09FF6B, #099DFF

Triadic#E609FF, #FFE609

Split complementary#FF099D, #FF6B09

Tetradic#6B09FF, #FF0922, #9DFF09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D5FFFB

Lighter +30%#A2FFF6

Lighter +20%#6FFFF0

Lighter +10%#3CFFEB

Darker −10%#00D5BF

Darker −20%#00A292

Darker −30%#006F64

Darker −40%#003C36

More saturated +25%#09FFE6

Less saturated −25%#28E0CD

Channel breakdown

G255

B230

Red9 (3.5%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue173.9°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 09 · G FF · B E6

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Colour values

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