#609fa3

Color #609fa3

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 1.24 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#609fa3

RGB

rgb(96, 159, 163)

HSL

hsl(183.6, 26.7%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.6, 41.1%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.1%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(61.59, -19.16, -8.46)

LCH

lch(61.59, 20.94, 203.82)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.0652, 200.85)

HWB

hwb(183.6, 37.6%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a36460

Analogous

#60a386

#609fa3

#607ea3

Triadic

#609fa3

#a3609f

#9fa360

Split-complementary

#609fa3

#a3607e

#a38660

Tetradic

#609fa3

#6460a3

#a36460

#9fa360

Square

#609fa3

#8660a3

#a36460

#7ea360

Shades

Color #609fa3 mixed toward black.

#4f8589

#3f6b6d

#2f5052

#203537

#101b1b

Tints

Color #609fa3 mixed toward white.

#7bafb2

#95bfc2

#b0cfd1

#cadfe0

#e5eff0

Tones

Color #609fa3 mixed toward gray.

#669a9d

#6b9598

#719092

#768b8d

#7c8687

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8081a2 · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#7c77a2 · ΔE 27.3

Tritanopia

#64a1a1 · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #609fa3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#609fa3]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#609fa3 (#609fa3) is rgb(96, 159, 163) in RGB.

No, #609fa3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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