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Recognised as Colour

#09CAFA

  • #09CAFA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#09CAFA is a cyan with RGB values 9, 202, 250 and HSL 192°, 96%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#09CAFA#09CAFA
HEX#09CAFA
RGBrgb(9, 202, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.7922, 0.9804
RGB percentages3.5%, 79.2%, 98%
HSLhsl(192, 96%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 96.4%, 98%)
CMYK96.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer641,786
CSS custom property--colour: #09CAFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.84:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#F63505

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFC5FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#93B2F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.7Light skyblue · ΔE 16Sky blue · ΔE 17.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 26.5Light blue · ΔE 28.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA3909
Analogous#09FAB1, #0952FA
Triadic#FA09CA, #CAFA09
Split complementary#FA0952, #FAB209
Tetradic#B109FA, #FA3909, #51FA09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1F5FE
Lighter +30%#9FEAFD
Lighter +20%#6DE0FC
Lighter +10%#3BD5FB
Darker −10%#04A4CC
Darker −20%#037C9A
Darker −30%#025468
Darker −40%#012B36
More saturated +25%#04CDFF
Less saturated −25%#28B7DB

Channel breakdown

R9
G202
B250
Red9 (3.5%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue191.95°
Saturation (HSL)96.02%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 09 · G CA · B FA

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