#09a5ef

Color #09a5ef

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 12.64 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 0.7

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Conversions

HEX

#09a5ef

RGB

rgb(9, 165, 239)

HSL

hsl(199.3, 92.7%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.3, 96.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(96.2%, 31%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(64.32, -9.05, -46.76)

LCH

lch(64.32, 47.63, 259.05)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.1544, 239.4)

HWB

hwb(199.3, 3.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ef5309

Analogous

#09efc6

#09a5ef

#0932ef

Triadic

#09a5ef

#ef09a5

#a5ef09

Split-complementary

#09a5ef

#ef0932

#efc609

Tetradic

#09a5ef

#5309ef

#ef5309

#a5ef09

Square

#09a5ef

#c609ef

#ef5309

#32ef09

Shades

Color #09a5ef mixed toward black.

#0889c7

#066e9f

#055277

#033750

#021b28

Tints

Color #09a5ef mixed toward white.

#2db6f7

#57c5f9

#81d3fa

#abe2fc

#d5f0fd

Tones

Color #09a5ef mixed toward gray.

#1c9edc

#2f97c9

#4290b5

#568aa2

#69838f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7172e0 · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#6a5fdc · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#28d3d0 · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #09a5ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#09a5ef]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#09a5ef (#09a5ef) is rgb(9, 165, 239) in RGB.

No, #09a5ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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