Colour

#09E2DF

#09E2DF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#09E2DF is a cyan with RGB values 9, 226, 223 and HSL 179°, 92%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#09E2DF#09E2DF

HEX#09E2DF

RGBrgb(9, 226, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.8863, 0.8745

RGB percentages3.5%, 88.6%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(179.2, 92.3%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.2, 96%, 88.6%)

CMYK96%, 0%, 1.3%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer647,903

CSS custom property--colour: #09E2DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.96:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#F61D20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D3D6DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9C3E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00E9E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.2 Aqua · ΔE 10.4 Cyan · ΔE 10.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.39, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E2090C

Analogous#09E273, #0978E2

Triadic#DF09E2, #E2DF09

Split complementary#E20978, #E27309

Tetradic#7309E2, #E2090C, #78E209

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BBFCFB

Lighter +30%#8AFAF9

Lighter +20%#59F8F6

Lighter +10%#28F6F4

Darker −10%#07B1AF

Darker −20%#05807E

Darker −30%#034F4E

Darker −40%#011E1D

More saturated +25%#00EBE8

Less saturated −25%#26C5C2

Channel breakdown

G226

B223

Red9 (3.5%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue179.17°

Saturation (HSL)92.34%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 09 · G E2 · B DF

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