#609AC9#609AC9

#609AC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.093 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609AC9
RGB	rgb(96, 154, 201)
HSL	hsl(207, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(207, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -5.67, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 30.51, 259.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0403 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.093 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9183, 29.8129, 59.5830)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609AC9 #C98F60

analogous

#60C9C3 #609AC9 #6065C9

triadic

#609AC9 #C9609A #9AC960

tetradic

#609AC9 #C360C9 #C98F60 #65C960

square

#609AC9 #C360C9 #C98F60 #65C960

split-complementary

#609AC9 #C96065 #C9C360

monochromatic

#2C5C82 #3C7CB0 #609AC9 #8EB7D9 #BBD4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#609AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#609AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609AC9

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609AC9	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 154, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.093 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94b7d9',
    500: '#609ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609ac9;
$custom-light: #94b7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.857,
    "s": 49.296,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66534,
    "c": 0.09296,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609AC9

secondary

#D7C0AD

accent

#8D4FD9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #609AC9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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