Recognised as Colour

#09DABB

#09DABB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#09DABB is a cyan with RGB values 9, 218, 187 and HSL 171°, 92%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#09DABB#09DABB

HEX#09DABB

RGBrgb(9, 218, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.8549, 0.7333

RGB percentages3.5%, 85.5%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(171.1, 92.1%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 95.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK95.9%, 0%, 14.2%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer645,819

CSS custom property--colour: #09DABB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.76:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB

Inverted#F62544

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1CCBAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BABBBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00DDD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20 Light seagreen · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DA0928

Analogous#09DA52, #0991DA

Triadic#BB09DA, #DABB09

Split complementary#DA0991, #DA5209

Tetradic#5209DA, #DA0928, #91DA09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B3FCF1

Lighter +30%#82FAE8

Lighter +20%#51F8DF

Lighter +10%#20F6D6

Darker −10%#07A991

Darker −20%#057867

Darker −30%#03473D

Darker −40%#011613

More saturated +25%#00E3C1

Less saturated −25%#25BEA7

Channel breakdown

G218

B187

Red9 (3.5%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue171.1°

Saturation (HSL)92.07%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 09 · G DA · B BB

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