Recognised as Colour

#09ACFB

#09ACFB
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#09ACFB is a cyan with RGB values 9, 172, 251 and HSL 200°, 97%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#09ACFB#09ACFB

HEX#09ACFB

RGBrgb(9, 172, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.6745, 0.9843

RGB percentages3.5%, 67.5%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(199.6, 96.8%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(199.6, 96.4%, 98.4%)

CMYK96.4%, 31.5%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer634,107

CSS custom property--colour: #09ACFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36528WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.31:1

Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#F65304

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#86ADFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#679AFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00C0C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.6 Steel blue · ΔE 22.8 Light skyblue · ΔE 24.5 Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.5 Sky blue · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FB5809

Analogous#09FBD1, #0933FB

Triadic#FB09AC, #ACFB09

Split complementary#FB0933, #FBD109

Tetradic#D109FB, #FB5809, #33FB09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D2F0FE

Lighter +30%#A0DFFD

Lighter +20%#6DCEFD

Lighter +10%#3BBDFC

Darker −10%#038CCE

Darker −20%#036A9B

Darker −30%#024769

Darker −40%#012537

More saturated +25%#05ADFF

Less saturated −25%#28A1DC

Channel breakdown

G172

B251

Red9 (3.5%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue199.59°

Saturation (HSL)96.8%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G AC · B FB

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Colour values

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