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Recognised as Colour

#09C4C7

  • #09C4C7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#09C4C7 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 196, 199 and HSL 181°, 91%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#09C4C7#09C4C7
HEX#09C4C7
RGBrgb(9, 196, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.7686, 0.7804
RGB percentages3.5%, 76.9%, 78%
HSLhsl(180.9, 91.3%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.9, 95.5%, 78%)
CMYK95.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer640,199
CSS custom property--colour: #09C4C7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43661WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.73:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#F63B38

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5BAC7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA9C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 3.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.8Light seagreen · ΔE 9.2Turquoise · ΔE 14.2Aqua · ΔE 21.5Cyan · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 3.76, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C70C09
Analogous#09C76B, #0965C7
Triadic#C709C4, #C4C709
Split complementary#C70965, #C76B09
Tetradic#6B09C7, #C70C09, #65C709

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A1F9FB
Lighter +30%#70F6F9
Lighter +20%#40F3F6
Lighter +10%#0FF1F4
Darker −10%#079496
Darker −20%#056465
Darker −30%#023435
Darker −40%#000404
More saturated +25%#00CDD0
Less saturated −25%#23ABAD

Channel breakdown

R9
G196
B199
Red9 (3.5%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue180.95°
Saturation (HSL)91.35%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G C4 · B C7

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