#609EB4#609EB4

#609EB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.072 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609EB4
RGB	rgb(96, 158, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, -14.01, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 22.52, 231.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.0527 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.072 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2859, 30.2339, 47.6744)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609EB4 #B47660

analogous

#60B4A0 #609EB4 #6074B4

triadic

#609EB4 #B4609E #9EB460

tetradic

#609EB4 #A060B4 #B47660 #74B460

square

#609EB4 #A060B4 #B47660 #74B460

split-complementary

#609EB4 #B46074 #B4A060

monochromatic

#315A68 #457E92 #609EB4 #8AB7C8 #B3D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#609EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#609EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #609EB4

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609EB4	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8591B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 158, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.072 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92baca',
    500: '#609eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609eb4;
$custom-light: #92baca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66559,
    "c": 0.07176,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609EB4

secondary

#CAAFA6

accent

#795CCC

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #609EB4

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

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