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Recognised as Colour

#09C3DE

  • #09C3DE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#09C3DE is a cyan with RGB values 9, 195, 222 and HSL 188°, 92%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#09C3DE#09C3DE
HEX#09C3DE
RGBrgb(9, 195, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.7647, 0.8706
RGB percentages3.5%, 76.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(187.6, 92.2%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.6, 95.9%, 87.1%)
CMYK95.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer639,966
CSS custom property--colour: #09C3DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.87:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#F63C21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEBCE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#96AADEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Tritanopia#00CECBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 15Sky blue · ΔE 17.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.3Light seagreen · ΔE 20.8Light skyblue · ΔE 21.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 15.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE2409
Analogous#09DE8E, #0959DE
Triadic#DE09C3, #C3DE09
Split complementary#DE0958, #DE8E09
Tetradic#8F09DE, #DE2409, #59DE09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B7F3FC
Lighter +30%#86EBFA
Lighter +20%#55E3F8
Lighter +10%#24DBF6
Darker −10%#0798AD
Darker −20%#056D7C
Darker −30%#03424B
Darker −40%#01171A
More saturated +25%#00CAE7
Less saturated −25%#26ADC1

Channel breakdown

R9
G195
B222
Red9 (3.5%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue187.61°
Saturation (HSL)92.21%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G C3 · B DE

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