Recognised as Colour

#09DABE

#09DABE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#09DABE is a cyan with RGB values 9, 218, 190 and HSL 172°, 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

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HEX#09DABE

RGBrgb(9, 218, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.8549, 0.7451

RGB percentages3.5%, 85.5%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(172, 92.1%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172, 95.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK95.9%, 0%, 12.8%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer645,822

CSS custom property--colour: #09DABE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.78:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#F62541

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0CCBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9BBC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00DED2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.73, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DA0925

Analogous#09DA56, #098DDA

Triadic#BE09DA, #DABE09

Split complementary#DA098E, #DA5509

Tetradic#5509DA, #DA0925, #8EDA09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B3FCF2

Lighter +30%#82FAEA

Lighter +20%#51F8E1

Lighter +10%#20F6D9

Darker −10%#07A993

Darker −20%#057869

Darker −30%#03473E

Darker −40%#011613

More saturated +25%#00E3C5

Less saturated −25%#25BEA9

Channel breakdown

G218

B190

Red9 (3.5%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue171.96°

Saturation (HSL)92.07%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 09 · G DA · B BE

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