#609fa8

Color #609fa8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.11 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#609fa8

RGB

rgb(96, 159, 168)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 29.3%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 42.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(61.75, -17.83, -11.04)

LCH

lch(61.75, 20.97, 211.77)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.0662, 207.34)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 37.6%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a86960

Analogous

#60a88d

#609fa8

#607ba8

Triadic

#609fa8

#a8609f

#9fa860

Split-complementary

#609fa8

#a8607b

#a88d60

Tetradic

#609fa8

#6960a8

#a86960

#9fa860

Square

#609fa8

#8d60a8

#a86960

#7ba860

Shades

Color #609fa8 mixed toward black.

#4e868e

#3e6b72

#2f5155

#1f3639

#101b1c

Tints

Color #609fa8 mixed toward white.

#7bafb7

#95bfc5

#b0cfd4

#cadfe2

#e5eff1

Tones

Color #609fa8 mixed toward gray.

#669ba2

#6c969c

#729296

#788d90

#7e898a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8081a6 · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#7c77a5 · ΔE 26.1

Tritanopia

#64a4a4 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #609fa8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#609fa8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#609fa8 (#609fa8) is rgb(96, 159, 168) in RGB.

No, #609fa8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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