#609EC9#609EC9

#609EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.091 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609EC9
RGB	rgb(96, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(205, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -7.90, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 29.29, 254.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.045 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.091 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5895, 31.1553, 59.8067)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609EC9 #C98B60

analogous

#60C9BF #609EC9 #6069C9

triadic

#609EC9 #C9609E #9EC960

tetradic

#609EC9 #BF60C9 #C98B60 #69C960

square

#609EC9 #BF60C9 #C98B60 #69C960

split-complementary

#609EC9 #C96069 #C9BF60

monochromatic

#2C5F82 #3C80B0 #609EC9 #8EBAD9 #BBD6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#609EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#609EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #609EC9

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609EC9	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.091 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bad9',
    500: '#609ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609ec9;
$custom-light: #94bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.571,
    "s": 49.296,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6744,
    "c": 0.09062,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609EC9

secondary

#D7BFAD

accent

#874FD9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #609EC9

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

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