Recognised as Colour

#001009

#001009
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#001009 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 16, 9 and HSL 154°, 100%, 3%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#001009#001009

HEX#001009

RGBrgb(0, 16, 9)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.0627, 0.0353

RGB percentages0%, 6.3%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(153.8, 100%, 3.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(153.8, 100%, 6.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 43.8%, 93.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,105

CSS custom property--colour: #001009;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness12.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.48:1

Contrast with white19.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0C0C0C

Inverted#FFEFF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0F0E09no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0C0C09no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00100Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text19.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 6.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.9 Dim grey · ΔE 41.3 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 50.2 Gray · ΔE 50.4 Slate grey · ΔE 50.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 6.77, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#100007

Analogous#001001, #000F10

Triadic#090010, #100900

Split complementary#10000F, #100100

Tetradic#010010, #100007, #0F1000

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#00DC7C

Lighter +30%#00A95F

Lighter +20%#007642

Lighter +10%#004326

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#001009

Less saturated −25%#020E09

Channel breakdown

G16

Red0 (0%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue153.75°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness3.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 10 · B 09

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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