#609ebc

Color #609ebc

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.51 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#609ebc

RGB

rgb(96, 158, 188)

HSL

hsl(199.6, 40.7%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.6, 48.9%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(62.14, -11.73, -21.69)

LCH

lch(62.14, 24.66, 241.6)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.0779, 230.47)

HWB

hwb(199.6, 37.6%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc7e60

Analogous

#60bcac

#609ebc

#6070bc

Triadic

#609ebc

#bc609e

#9ebc60

Split-complementary

#609ebc

#bc6070

#bcac60

Tetradic

#609ebc

#7e60bc

#bc7e60

#9ebc60

Square

#609ebc

#ac60bc

#bc7e60

#70bc60

Shades

Color #609ebc mixed toward black.

#4687a7

#386c85

#2a5164

#1c3643

#0e1b21

Tints

Color #609ebc mixed toward white.

#7baec7

#95bed2

#b0cede

#cadfe9

#e5eff4

Tones

Color #609ebc mixed toward gray.

#689bb4

#6f99ad

#7796a5

#7f939d

#869196

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080b5 · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#7c77b4 · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#64b0af · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #609ebc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#609ebc]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#609ebc (#609ebc) is rgb(96, 158, 188) in RGB.

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

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