#09898e

Color #09898e

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 3.46 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#09898e

RGB

rgb(9, 137, 142)

HSL

hsl(182.3, 88.1%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.3, 93.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(93.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(51.72, -28.24, -11.46)

LCH

lch(51.72, 30.48, 202.09)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.096, 199.42)

HWB

hwb(182.3, 3.5%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e0e09

Analogous

#098e51

#09898e

#09468e

Triadic

#09898e

#8e0989

#898e09

Split-complementary

#09898e

#8e0946

#8e5109

Tetradic

#09898e

#0e098e

#8e0e09

#898e09

Square

#09898e

#51098e

#8e0e09

#468e09

Shades

Color #09898e mixed toward black.

#077276

#065b5f

#044447

#032e2f

#011718

Tints

Color #09898e mixed toward white.

#0dbfc6

#1ee9f1

#56eef4

#8ef4f8

#c7f9fb

Tones

Color #09898e mixed toward gray.

#147f83

#1f7478

#2a6a6d

#356062

#405657

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5e8d · ΔE 29.2

Deuteranopia

#574e8d · ΔE 33.2

Tritanopia

#218c8c · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 21.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #09898e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#09898e]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#09898e (#09898e) is rgb(9, 137, 142) in RGB.

No, #09898e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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