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Recognised as Colour

#09BDCA

  • #09BDCA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#09BDCA is a cyan with RGB values 9, 189, 202 and HSL 184°, 91%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#09BDCA#09BDCA
HEX#09BDCA
RGBrgb(9, 189, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.7412, 0.7922
RGB percentages3.5%, 74.1%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(184, 91.5%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184, 95.5%, 79.2%)
CMYK95.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer638,410
CSS custom property--colour: #09BDCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.14:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#F64235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB4CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#96A4CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 9Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.1Light seagreen · ΔE 12.6Cadetblue · ΔE 19.8Dark cyan · ΔE 20.1Turquoise · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 9.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA1609
Analogous#09CA76, #095DCA
Triadic#CA09BD, #BDCA09
Split complementary#CA095D, #CA7609
Tetradic#7609CA, #CA1609, #5DCA09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A4F5FB
Lighter +30%#73F0F9
Lighter +20%#42EAF7
Lighter +10%#12E5F4
Darker −10%#078F99
Darker −20%#056268
Darker −30%#023438
Darker −40%#000607
More saturated +25%#00C5D3
Less saturated −25%#23A6B0

Channel breakdown

R9
G189
B202
Red9 (3.5%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue184.04°
Saturation (HSL)91.47%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G BD · B CA

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