#609add

Color #609add

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.97 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#609add

RGB

rgb(96, 154, 221)

HSL

hsl(212.2, 64.8%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.2, 56.6%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.6%, 30.3%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(62.35, 0.52, -39.79)

LCH

lch(62.35, 39.79, 270.75)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.1172, 253.03)

HWB

hwb(212.2, 37.6%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dda360

Analogous

#60d8dd

#609add

#6560dd

Triadic

#609add

#dd609a

#9add60

Split-complementary

#609add

#dd6560

#d8dd60

Tetradic

#609add

#a360dd

#dda360

#9add60

Square

#609add

#dd60d8

#dda360

#60dd65

Shades

Color #609add mixed toward black.

#357ed4

#2565ae

#1c4c83

#133257

#09192c

Tints

Color #609add mixed toward white.

#7babe3

#95bce8

#b0cdee

#caddf4

#e5eef9

Tones

Color #609add mixed toward gray.

#6b9bd3

#759cc8

#7f9cbe

#8a9db3

#949ea9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7ecf · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#7a75cc · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#64c4c1 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 21

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #609add;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#609add]

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Frequently asked questions

#609add (#609add) is rgb(96, 154, 221) in RGB.

No, #609add is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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