Recognised as Colour

#09DEFF

#09DEFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#09DEFF is a cyan with RGB values 9, 222, 255 and HSL 188°, 100%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#09DEFF#09DEFF

HEX#09DEFF

RGBrgb(9, 222, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.8706, 1

RGB percentages3.5%, 87.1%, 100%

HSLhsl(188, 100%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188, 96.5%, 100%)

CMYK96.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer646,911

CSS custom property--colour: #09DEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.9:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3

Inverted#F62100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6D6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original

Deuteranopia#AAC2FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00EBE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.8 Sky blue · ΔE 19.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 22.2 Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.6 Aqua · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 17.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF2A09

Analogous#09FFA5, #0963FF

Triadic#FF09DE, #DEFF09

Split complementary#FF0963, #FFA509

Tetradic#A509FF, #FF2A09, #63FF09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5F9FF

Lighter +30%#A2F3FF

Lighter +20%#6FECFF

Lighter +10%#3CE5FF

Darker −10%#00B8D5

Darker −20%#008CA2

Darker −30%#00606F

Darker −40%#00343C

More saturated +25%#09DEFF

Less saturated −25%#28C8E0

Channel breakdown

G222

B255

Red9 (3.5%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue188.05°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G DE · B FF

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Colour values

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