#609cb0

Color #609cb0

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.67 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#609cb0

RGB

rgb(96, 156, 176)

HSL

hsl(195, 33.6%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195, 45.5%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.5%, 11.4%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(61.13, -14.05, -16.48)

LCH

lch(61.13, 21.66, 229.55)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.0689, 221.3)

HWB

hwb(195, 37.6%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b07460

Analogous

#60b09c

#609cb0

#6074b0

Triadic

#609cb0

#b0609c

#9cb060

Split-complementary

#609cb0

#b06074

#b09c60

Tetradic

#609cb0

#7460b0

#b07460

#9cb060

Square

#609cb0

#9c60b0

#b07460

#74b060

Shades

Color #609cb0 mixed toward black.

#4b8497

#3c6a79

#2d4f5b

#1e353d

#0f1a1e

Tints

Color #609cb0 mixed toward white.

#7aacbd

#95bdca

#afcdd7

#cadee5

#e4eef2

Tones

Color #609cb0 mixed toward gray.

#6799a9

#6d95a3

#74929c

#7b8f95

#818b8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fab · ΔE 21.1

Deuteranopia

#7b76aa · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#64a8a7 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 16.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #609cb0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#609cb0]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#609cb0 (#609cb0) is rgb(96, 156, 176) in RGB.

No, #609cb0 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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