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Recognised as Colour

#09C5C8

  • #09C5C8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#09C5C8 is a cyan with RGB values 9, 197, 200 and HSL 181°, 91%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#09C5C8#09C5C8
HEX#09C5C8
RGBrgb(9, 197, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.7725, 0.7843
RGB percentages3.5%, 77.3%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(180.9, 91.4%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.9, 95.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK95.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer640,456
CSS custom property--colour: #09C5C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.83:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#F63A37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6BBC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0AAC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00CCC6no 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 text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 3.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.6Light seagreen · ΔE 9.4Turquoise · ΔE 13.9Aqua · ΔE 21.1Cyan · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 3.4, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C80C09
Analogous#09C86C, #0965C8
Triadic#C809C5, #C5C809
Split complementary#C80965, #C86C09
Tetradic#6C09C8, #C80C09, #65C809

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A2F9FB
Lighter +30%#71F7F9
Lighter +20%#41F4F6
Lighter +10%#10F1F4
Darker −10%#079597
Darker −20%#056566
Darker −30%#023536
Darker −40%#000505
More saturated +25%#00CED1
Less saturated −25%#23ACAE

Channel breakdown

R9
G197
B200
Red9 (3.5%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue180.94°
Saturation (HSL)91.39%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G C5 · B C8

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