Several principled measures of contextuality have been proposed for general systems of random variables (i.e. inconsistently connected systems). One such measure is based on quasi-couplings using negative probabilities (here denoted by [Formula: see text], Dzhafarov & Kujala, 2016 ). Dzhafarov & Kujala (Dzhafarov & Kujala 2019 , 20190149. (doi:10.1098/rsta.2019.0149)) introduced a measure of contextuality, [Formula: see text], that naturally generalizes to a measure of non-contextuality. Dzhafarov & Kujala (Dzhafarov & Kujala 2019 , 20190149. (doi:10.1098/rsta.2019.0149)) additionally conjectured that in the class of cyclic systems these two measures are proportional. Here we prove that conjecture is correct. Recently, Cervantes (Cervantes 2023 . , 102726. (doi:10.1016/j.jmp.2022.102726)) showed the proportionality of [Formula: see text] and the Contextual Fraction measure introduced by Abramsky & Brandenburger (Abramsky & Brandenburger 2011 . , 113036. (doi:10.1088/1367-2630/13/11/113036)). The present proof completes the description of the interrelations of all contextuality measures proposed within or translated into the Contextuality-by-Default framework so far as they pertain to cyclic systems. This article is part of the theme issue 'Quantum contextuality, causality and freedom of choice'.
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