#09bcd1

Color #09bcd1

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 13.03 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#09bcd1

RGB

rgb(9, 188, 209)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 91.7%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 95.7%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(95.7%, 10%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(69.91, -31.4, -21.64)

LCH

lch(69.91, 38.13, 214.57)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.1246, 208.99)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 3.5%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d11e09

Analogous

#09d182

#09bcd1

#0958d1

Triadic

#09bcd1

#d109bc

#bcd109

Split-complementary

#09bcd1

#d10958

#d18209

Tetradic

#09bcd1

#1e09d1

#d11e09

#bcd109

Square

#09bcd1

#8209d1

#d11e09

#58d109

Shades

Color #09bcd1 mixed toward black.

#089cae

#067d8b

#055e68

#033f46

#021f23

Tints

Color #09bcd1 mixed toward white.

#16ddf5

#44e4f7

#73ebf9

#a2f2fb

#d0f8fd

Tones

Color #09bcd1 mixed toward gray.

#1aafc0

#2aa1af

#3b949f

#4c878e

#5c7a7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8182cc · ΔE 31

Deuteranopia

#796dcb · ΔE 35.8

Tritanopia

#2ec8c7 · ΔE 8.2

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #09bcd1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#09bcd1]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#09bcd1 (#09bcd1) is rgb(9, 188, 209) in RGB.

No, #09bcd1 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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