#609af8

Color #609af8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.74 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#609af8

RGB

rgb(96, 154, 248)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 91.6%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 61.3%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.3%, 37.9%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(63.65, 9.23, -52.62)

LCH

lch(63.65, 53.42, 279.95)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.152, 259.61)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 37.6%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8be60

Analogous

#60e6f8

#609af8

#7260f8

Triadic

#609af8

#f8609a

#9af860

Split-complementary

#609af8

#f87260

#e6f860

Tetradic

#609af8

#be60f8

#f8be60

#9af860

Square

#609af8

#f860e6

#f8be60

#60f872

Shades

Color #609af8 mixed toward black.

#2977f6

#0a5adc

#0743a5

#052d6e

#021637

Tints

Color #609af8 mixed toward white.

#7babf9

#95bcfa

#b0cdfc

#caddfd

#e5eefe

Tones

Color #609af8 mixed toward gray.

#6d9deb

#7aa0df

#86a3d2

#93a6c5

#9fa9b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7ee6 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#7a75e1 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#64d6d2 · ΔE 31.3

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #609af8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#609af8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#609af8 (#609af8) is rgb(96, 154, 248) in RGB.

No, #609af8 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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