Colour

#09FAFF

#09FAFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#09FAFF is a cyan with RGB values 9, 250, 255 and HSL 181°, 100%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#09FAFF#09FAFF

HEX#09FAFF

RGBrgb(9, 250, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.9804, 1

RGB percentages3.5%, 98%, 100%

HSLhsl(181.2, 100%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.2, 96.5%, 100%)

CMYK96.5%, 2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer654,079

CSS custom property--colour: #09FAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.13:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#F60500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7EEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBD9FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 3.5 Cyan · ΔE 3.5 Turquoise · ΔE 14.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 3.47, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF0E09

Analogous#09FF89, #097FFF

Triadic#FF09FA, #FAFF09

Split complementary#FF097F, #FF8909

Tetradic#8909FF, #FF0E09, #7FFF09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5FEFF

Lighter +30%#A2FDFF

Lighter +20%#6FFCFF

Lighter +10%#3CFBFF

Darker −10%#00D1D5

Darker −20%#009FA2

Darker −30%#006D6F

Darker −40%#003B3C

More saturated +25%#09FAFF

Less saturated −25%#28DCE0

Channel breakdown

G250

B255

Red9 (3.5%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue181.22°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G FA · B FF

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Colour values

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