Colour

#09CFDF

#09CFDF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#09CFDF is a cyan with RGB values 9, 207, 223 and HSL 184°, 92%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#09CFDF#09CFDF

HEX#09CFDF

RGBrgb(9, 207, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.8118, 0.8745

RGB percentages3.5%, 81.2%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(184.5, 92.2%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.5, 96%, 87.5%)

CMYK96%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer643,039

CSS custom property--colour: #09CFDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11:1

Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#F63020

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDC6E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4B4E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00D8D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 17.1 Turquoise · ΔE 18.5 Aqua · ΔE 20.1 Cyan · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 7.59, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DF1909

Analogous#09DF84, #0964DF

Triadic#DF09CF, #CFDF09

Split complementary#DF0964, #DF8409

Tetradic#8409DF, #DF1909, #64DF09

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B8F7FC

Lighter +30%#87F2FA

Lighter +20%#56ECF8

Lighter +10%#25E7F6

Darker −10%#07A1AE

Darker −20%#05747D

Darker −30%#03464C

Darker −40%#01191B

More saturated +25%#00D7E8

Less saturated −25%#26B6C2

Channel breakdown

G207

B223

Red9 (3.5%)

Green207 (81.2%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue184.49°

Saturation (HSL)92.24%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G CF · B DF

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