#609cef

Color #609cef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.91 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#609cef

RGB

rgb(96, 156, 239)

HSL

hsl(214.8, 81.7%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.8, 59.8%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.8%, 34.7%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(63.75, 5.13, -47.53)

LCH

lch(63.75, 47.81, 276.16)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.1382, 256.83)

HWB

hwb(214.8, 37.6%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efb360

Analogous

#60e4ef

#609cef

#6c60ef

Triadic

#609cef

#ef609c

#9cef60

Split-complementary

#609cef

#ef6c60

#e4ef60

Tetradic

#609cef

#b360ef

#efb360

#9cef60

Square

#609cef

#ef60e4

#efb360

#60ef6c

Shades

Color #609cef mixed toward black.

#2d7dea

#1461cb

#0f4998

#0a3165

#051833

Tints

Color #609cef mixed toward white.

#7badf2

#95bdf4

#b0cef7

#cadefa

#e5effc

Tones

Color #609cef mixed toward gray.

#6c9ee3

#78a0d7

#84a2cb

#90a4bf

#9ca6b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fdf · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#7b76da · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#64d0cd · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #609cef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#609cef]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#609cef (#609cef) is rgb(96, 156, 239) in RGB.

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

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