Recognised as Colour

#09F5FD

#09F5FD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#09F5FD is a cyan with RGB values 9, 245, 253 and HSL 182°, 98%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#09F5FD#09F5FD

HEX#09F5FD

RGBrgb(9, 245, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.9608, 0.9922

RGB percentages3.5%, 96.1%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(182, 98.4%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182, 96.4%, 99.2%)

CMYK96.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer652,797

CSS custom property--colour: #09F5FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.49:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#F60A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2E9FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6D4FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00FEF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 6 Cyan · ΔE 6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.1 Turquoise · ΔE 15.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16 Light seagreen · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 5.95, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FD1109

Analogous#09FD8B, #097BFD

Triadic#FD09F5, #F5FD09

Split complementary#FD097B, #FD8B09

Tetradic#8B09FD, #FD1109, #7BFD09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3FDFF

Lighter +30%#A1FBFE

Lighter +20%#6EF9FE

Lighter +10%#3CF7FD

Darker −10%#02CAD1

Darker −20%#019A9F

Darker −30%#01696C

Darker −40%#00383A

More saturated +25%#07F7FF

Less saturated −25%#28D8DE

Channel breakdown

G245

B253

Red9 (3.5%)

Green245 (96.1%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue181.97°

Saturation (HSL)98.39%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G F5 · B FD

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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