Recognised as Colour

#09FDFF

#09FDFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#09FDFF is a cyan with RGB values 9, 253, 255 and HSL 180°, 100%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#09FDFF#09FDFF

HEX#09FDFF

RGBrgb(9, 253, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.9922, 1

RGB percentages3.5%, 99.2%, 100%

HSLhsl(180.5, 100%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.5, 96.5%, 100%)

CMYK96.5%, 0.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer654,847

CSS custom property--colour: #09FDFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.51:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#F60200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBF0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#CEDBFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 1.4 Cyan · ΔE 1.4 Turquoise · ΔE 14.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18 Aquamarine · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 1.44, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF0B09

Analogous#09FF86, #0982FF

Triadic#FF09FD, #FDFF09

Split complementary#FF0982, #FF8609

Tetradic#8609FF, #FF0B09, #82FF09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5FFFF

Lighter +30%#A2FEFF

Lighter +20%#6FFEFF

Lighter +10%#3CFDFF

Darker −10%#00D3D5

Darker −20%#00A1A2

Darker −30%#006E6F

Darker −40%#003C3C

More saturated +25%#09FDFF

Less saturated −25%#28DFE0

Channel breakdown

G253

B255

Red9 (3.5%)

Green253 (99.2%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue180.49°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 09 · G FD · B FF

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