#609cf9

Color #609cf9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.85 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#609cf9

RGB

rgb(96, 156, 249)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 92.7%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 61.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.4%, 37.3%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(64.24, 8.39, -52.23)

LCH

lch(64.24, 52.9, 279.13)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.1511, 258.86)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 37.6%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9bd60

Analogous

#60e8f9

#609cf9

#7060f9

Triadic

#609cf9

#f9609c

#9cf960

Split-complementary

#609cf9

#f97060

#e8f960

Tetradic

#609cf9

#bd60f9

#f9bd60

#9cf960

Square

#609cf9

#f960e8

#f9bd60

#60f970

Shades

Color #609cf9 mixed toward black.

#2879f7

#085cdd

#0645a6

#042e6f

#021737

Tints

Color #609cf9 mixed toward white.

#7aacfa

#95bdfb

#afcdfc

#cadefd

#e4eefe

Tones

Color #609cf9 mixed toward gray.

#6d9fec

#79a1df

#86a4d3

#93a7c6

#a0aab9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fe7 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#7b76e2 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#64d7d4 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #609cf9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#609cf9]

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

#609cf9 (#609cf9) is rgb(96, 156, 249) in RGB.

No, #609cf9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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