#09a9c0

Color #09a9c0

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 16.77 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#09a9c0

RGB

rgb(9, 169, 192)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 91%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 95.3%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(95.3%, 12%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(63.54, -27.64, -21.98)

LCH

lch(63.54, 35.31, 218.49)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.1163, 211.86)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 3.5%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c02009

Analogous

#09c07b

#09a9c0

#094ec0

Triadic

#09a9c0

#c009a9

#a9c009

Split-complementary

#09a9c0

#c0094e

#c07b09

Tetradic

#09a9c0

#2009c0

#c02009

#a9c009

Square

#09a9c0

#7b09c0

#c02009

#4ec009

Shades

Color #09a9c0 mixed toward black.

#088da0

#067180

#055560

#033840

#021c20

Tints

Color #09a9c0 mixed toward white.

#0bd4f1

#3adef6

#6be6f8

#9deffa

#cef7fd

Tones

Color #09a9c0 mixed toward gray.

#189eb1

#2892a1

#378792

#467b83

#557074

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475bb · ΔE 29.3

Deuteranopia

#6c62b9 · ΔE 33.8

Tritanopia

#29b7b6 · ΔE 9.5

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #09a9c0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#09a9c0]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#09a9c0 (#09a9c0) is rgb(9, 169, 192) in RGB.

No, #09a9c0 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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