#609ba5

Color #609ba5

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.03 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#609ba5

RGB

rgb(96, 155, 165)

HSL

hsl(188.7, 27.7%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.7, 41.8%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.8%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(60.47, -16.52, -11.27)

LCH

lch(60.47, 20, 214.3)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.0631, 209.41)

HWB

hwb(188.7, 37.6%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a56a60

Analogous

#60a58d

#609ba5

#6079a5

Triadic

#609ba5

#a5609b

#9ba560

Split-complementary

#609ba5

#a56079

#a58d60

Tetradic

#609ba5

#6a60a5

#a56a60

#9ba560

Square

#609ba5

#8d60a5

#a56a60

#79a560

Shades

Color #609ba5 mixed toward black.

#4f828b

#3f686f

#2f4e53

#1f3438

#101a1c

Tints

Color #609ba5 mixed toward white.

#7bacb4

#95bcc3

#b0cdd2

#cadee1

#e5eef0

Tones

Color #609ba5 mixed toward gray.

#66979f

#6c939a

#718f94

#778b8e

#7d8788

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7ea3 · ΔE 23.5

Deuteranopia

#7a76a2 · ΔE 25.2

Tritanopia

#64a1a0 · ΔE 5.2

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #609ba5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#609ba5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#609ba5 (#609ba5) is rgb(96, 155, 165) in RGB.

No, #609ba5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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