#609CC9#609CC9

#609CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.092 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609CC9
RGB	rgb(96, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(206, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, -6.79, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 29.88, 256.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% -0.0427 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.092 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2512, 30.4786, 59.6939)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609CC9 #C98D60

analogous

#60C9C1 #609CC9 #6067C9

triadic

#609CC9 #C9609C #9CC960

tetradic

#609CC9 #C160C9 #C98D60 #67C960

square

#609CC9 #C160C9 #C98D60 #67C960

split-complementary

#609CC9 #C96067 #C9C160

monochromatic

#2C5D82 #3C7EB0 #609CC9 #8EB8D9 #BBD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#609CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#609CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #609CC9

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609CC9	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.092 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94b9d9',
    500: '#609cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609cc9;
$custom-light: #94b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 49.296,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66987,
    "c": 0.09173,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609CC9

secondary

#D7BFAD

accent

#8A4FD9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #609CC9

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

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