#09cbe4

Color #09cbe4

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 13.01 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#09cbe4

RGB

rgb(9, 203, 228)

HSL

hsl(186.8, 92.4%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.8, 96.1%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(96.1%, 11%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(75.06, -32.52, -24.12)

LCH

lch(75.06, 40.49, 216.56)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.133, 210.46)

HWB

hwb(186.8, 3.5%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e42209

Analogous

#09e48f

#09cbe4

#095ee4

Triadic

#09cbe4

#e409cb

#cbe409

Split-complementary

#09cbe4

#e4095e

#e48f09

Tetradic

#09cbe4

#2209e4

#e42209

#cbe409

Square

#09cbe4

#8f09e4

#e42209

#5ee409

Shades

Color #09cbe4 mixed toward black.

#08a9be

#068898

#056672

#03444c

#022226

Tints

Color #09cbe4 mixed toward white.

#24dff6

#50e5f8

#7cecfa

#a8f2fc

#d3f9fd

Tones

Color #09cbe4 mixed toward gray.

#1bbdd2

#2eafc0

#40a1ad

#52939b

#648589

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8dde · ΔE 31.4

Deuteranopia

#8376dd · ΔE 36.4

Tritanopia

#32dad9 · ΔE 9.3

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #09cbe4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#09cbe4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#09cbe4 (#09cbe4) is rgb(9, 203, 228) in RGB.

No, #09cbe4 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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