#609cec

Color #609cec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.3 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#609cec

RGB

rgb(96, 156, 236)

HSL

hsl(214.3, 78.7%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.3, 59.3%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.3%, 33.9%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(63.6, 4.16, -46.11)

LCH

lch(63.6, 46.3, 275.16)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.1343, 256.09)

HWB

hwb(214.3, 37.6%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecb060

Analogous

#60e2ec

#609cec

#6a60ec

Triadic

#609cec

#ec609c

#9cec60

Split-complementary

#609cec

#ec6a60

#e2ec60

Tetradic

#609cec

#b060ec

#ecb060

#9cec60

Square

#609cec

#ec60e2

#ecb060

#60ec6a

Shades

Color #609cec mixed toward black.

#2f7de6

#1862c6

#124a94

#0c3163

#061931

Tints

Color #609cec mixed toward white.

#7aacef

#95bdf2

#afcdf6

#cadef9

#e4eefc

Tones

Color #609cec mixed toward gray.

#6c9ee0

#779fd5

#83a1c9

#8fa3bd

#9aa4b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fdc · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#7b76d8 · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#64cecb · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 22.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #609cec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#609cec]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#609cec (#609cec) is rgb(96, 156, 236) in RGB.

No, #609cec 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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