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#09BDCD

#09bdcd ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#09bdcd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 74.12% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.61% cyan, 7.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 184.9°, with 91.59% saturation and 41.96% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 6.36.

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Relative luminance0.4086

Complementary

  1. #09bdcd
  2. #cd1909

Split complementary

  1. #09bdcd
  2. #cd095b
  3. #cd7b09

Analogous

  1. #09cd7b
  2. #09bdcd
  3. #095bcd

Triadic

  1. #09bdcd
  2. #cd09bd
  3. #bdcd09

Tetradic

  1. #09bdcd
  2. #1909cd
  3. #cd1909
  4. #bdcd09

Square

  1. #09bdcd
  2. #7b09cd
  3. #cd1909
  4. #5bcd09

Monochromatic

  1. #03363a
  2. #067984
  3. #09bdcd
  4. #2de5f6
  5. #76eef9

Shades

#09bdcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09bdcd
  2. #08aab9
  3. #0797a4
  4. #068490
  5. #05717b
  6. #055f67
  7. #044c52
  8. #03393e
  9. #022629
  10. #011315
  11. #000000

Tints

#09bdcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09bdcd
  2. #22c4d2
  3. #3acad7
  4. #53d1dc
  5. #6bd7e1
  6. #84dee6
  7. #9de5eb
  8. #b5ebf0
  9. #cef2f5
  10. #e6f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09bdcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09bdcd
  2. #15b7c5
  3. #21b1be
  4. #2dabb6
  5. #39a5ae
  6. #459fa7
  7. #50989f
  8. #5c9297
  9. #688c8f
  10. #748688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88b3ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acb5ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95a4cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #88b8ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #76afcd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c2c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09bdcd {
  color: #09bdcd;
}
Background
.bg-09bdcd {
  background-color: #09bdcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09bdcd {
  border: 2px solid #09bdcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09bdcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 189 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 185 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09bdcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09bdcd, #095bcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09bdcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 189 205 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.36 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.87 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.62 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.87 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.84 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.19 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.88 #f64232 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#09bdcd  rgb(9, 189, 205)  hsl(185, 92%, 42%)  Dark Turquoise
#cd1909  rgb(205, 25, 9)  hsl(5, 92%, 42%)  Rosso Corsa
#cd09bd  rgb(205, 9, 189)  hsl(305, 92%, 42%)  Medium Orchid
#bdcd09  rgb(189, 205, 9)  hsl(65, 92%, 42%)  Pear