#609CB8#609CB8

#609CB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.075 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609CB8
RGB	rgb(96, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(199, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -11.79, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 23.70, 240.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.0487 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.075 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3609, 29.7225, 49.7387)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609CB8 #B87C60

analogous

#60B8A8 #609CB8 #6070B8

triadic

#609CB8 #B8609C #9CB860

tetradic

#609CB8 #A860B8 #B87C60 #70B860

square

#609CB8 #A860B8 #B87C60 #70B860

split-complementary

#609CB8 #B86070 #B8A860

monochromatic

#315A6D #447D97 #609CB8 #8AB6CB #B5D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#609CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#609CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609CB8

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609CB8	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8190B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.075 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92b9cd',
    500: '#609cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609cb8;
$custom-light: #92b9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 38.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66255,
    "c": 0.07494,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609CB8

secondary

#CCB3A7

accent

#7F5ACE

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #609CB8

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

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