#609BAE#609BAE

#609BAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.068 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609BAE
RGB	rgb(96, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 45%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -14.07, -15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 21.23, 228.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.0514 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.068 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1824, 28.9837, 44.3563)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609BAE #AE7360

analogous

#60AE9A #609BAE #6074AE

triadic

#609BAE #AE609B #9BAE60

tetradic

#609BAE #9A60AE #AE7360 #74AE60

square

#609BAE #9A60AE #AE7360 #74AE60

split-complementary

#609BAE #AE6074 #AE9A60

monochromatic

#325662 #467A8A #609BAE #89B4C3 #B1CED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#609BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#609BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609BAE

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609BAE	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DA1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.068 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b8c6',
    500: '#609bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609bae;
$custom-light: #91b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.615,
    "s": 32.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65623,
    "c": 0.06756,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609BAE

secondary

#C6ACA4

accent

#795FC9

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #609BAE

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

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