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Recognised as Colour

#09A9FE

  • #09A9FE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#09A9FE is a blue with RGB values 9, 169, 254 and HSL 201°, 99%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#09A9FE#09A9FE
HEX#09A9FE
RGBrgb(9, 169, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.6627, 0.9961
RGB percentages3.5%, 66.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(200.8, 99.2%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.8, 96.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK96.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer633,342
CSS custom property--colour: #09A9FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3559WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.12:1
Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#F65601

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#80ACFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6098FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00BEC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.6Steel blue · ΔE 24.1Light skyblue · ΔE 27.5Sky blue · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE5E09
Analogous#09FED9, #092EFE
Triadic#FE09A9, #A9FE09
Split complementary#FE092E, #FED909
Tetradic#D909FE, #FE5E09, #2EFE09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4F0FF
Lighter +30%#A1DEFF
Lighter +20%#6FCDFE
Lighter +10%#3CBBFE
Darker −10%#018AD3
Darker −20%#0169A0
Darker −30%#00486E
Darker −40%#00263B
More saturated +25%#08A9FF
Less saturated −25%#28A0DF

Channel breakdown

R9
G169
B254
Red9 (3.5%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue200.82°
Saturation (HSL)99.19%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G A9 · B FE

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