#09b4cc

Color #09b4cc

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 16.43 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#09b4cc

RGB

rgb(9, 180, 204)

HSL

hsl(187.4, 91.5%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.4, 95.6%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(95.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(67.32, -29.13, -22.85)

LCH

lch(67.32, 37.02, 218.11)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.122, 211.59)

HWB

hwb(187.4, 3.5%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cc2109

Analogous

#09cc83

#09b4cc

#0953cc

Triadic

#09b4cc

#cc09b4

#b4cc09

Split-complementary

#09b4cc

#cc0953

#cc8309

Tetradic

#09b4cc

#2109cc

#cc2109

#b4cc09

Square

#09b4cc

#8309cc

#cc2109

#53cc09

Shades

Color #09b4cc mixed toward black.

#0896aa

#067888

#055a66

#033c44

#021e22

Tints

Color #09b4cc mixed toward white.

#12d9f4

#42e0f7

#71e8f9

#a0f0fb

#d0f7fd

Tones

Color #09b4cc mixed toward gray.

#19a8bc

#2a9cac

#3a8f9b

#4a838b

#5a777b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7cc7 · ΔE 30.1

Deuteranopia

#7368c5 · ΔE 34.7

Tritanopia

#2cc2c1 · ΔE 9.5

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #09b4cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#09b4cc]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#09b4cc (#09b4cc) is rgb(9, 180, 204) in RGB.

No, #09b4cc 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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