#609cd8

Color #609cd8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.24 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#609cd8

RGB

rgb(96, 156, 216)

HSL

hsl(210, 60.6%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 55.6%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.6%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(62.69, -2.19, -36.48)

LCH

lch(62.69, 36.55, 266.56)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.1093, 249.71)

HWB

hwb(210, 37.6%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d89c60

Analogous

#60d8d8

#609cd8

#6060d8

Triadic

#609cd8

#d8609c

#9cd860

Split-complementary

#609cd8

#d86060

#d8d860

Tetradic

#609cd8

#9c60d8

#d89c60

#9cd860

Square

#609cd8

#d860d8

#d89c60

#60d860

Shades

Color #609cd8 mixed toward black.

#3682ce

#2968a7

#1f4e7d

#143454

#0a1a2a

Tints

Color #609cd8 mixed toward white.

#7baddf

#95bde5

#b0ceec

#cadef2

#e5eff9

Tones

Color #609cd8 mixed toward gray.

#6a9cce

#749cc4

#7e9cba

#889cb0

#929ca6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fcc · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#7b76c8 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#64c1bf · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #609cd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#609cd8]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#609cd8 (#609cd8) is rgb(96, 156, 216) in RGB.

No, #609cd8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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