#609BC9#609BC9

#609BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.092 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609BC9
RGB	rgb(96, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(206, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -6.23, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 30.19, 258.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% -0.0415 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.092 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0841, 30.1444, 59.6382)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609BC9 #C98E60

analogous

#60C9C3 #609BC9 #6066C9

triadic

#609BC9 #C9609B #9BC960

tetradic

#609BC9 #C360C9 #C98E60 #66C960

square

#609BC9 #C360C9 #C98E60 #66C960

split-complementary

#609BC9 #C96066 #C9C360

monochromatic

#2C5D82 #3C7DB0 #609BC9 #8EB8D9 #BBD4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#609BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#609BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #609BC9

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609BC9	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.092 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94b8d9',
    500: '#609bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609bc9;
$custom-light: #94b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.286,
    "s": 49.296,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6676,
    "c": 0.09233,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609BC9

secondary

#D7C0AD

accent

#8B4FD9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #609BC9

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

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