Colour

#09FBFF

#09FBFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#09FBFF is a cyan with RGB values 9, 251, 255 and HSL 181°, 100%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#09FBFF#09FBFF

HEX#09FBFF

RGBrgb(9, 251, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.9843, 1

RGB percentages3.5%, 98.4%, 100%

HSLhsl(181, 100%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181, 96.5%, 100%)

CMYK96.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer654,335

CSS custom property--colour: #09FBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.25:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#F60400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9EEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCD9FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 2.8 Cyan · ΔE 2.8 Turquoise · ΔE 14.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 2.79, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF0D09

Analogous#09FF88, #0980FF

Triadic#FF09FB, #FBFF09

Split complementary#FF0980, #FF8809

Tetradic#8809FF, #FF0D09, #80FF09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5FEFF

Lighter +30%#A2FDFF

Lighter +20%#6FFDFF

Lighter +10%#3CFCFF

Darker −10%#00D2D5

Darker −20%#009FA2

Darker −30%#006D6F

Darker −40%#003B3C

More saturated +25%#09FBFF

Less saturated −25%#28DDE0

Channel breakdown

G251

B255

Red9 (3.5%)

Green251 (98.4%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue180.98°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G FB · B FF

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