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Colour

#609AE8

  • #609AE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#609AE8 is a blue with RGB values 96, 154, 232 and HSL 214°, 75%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#609AE8#609AE8
HEX#609AE8
RGBrgb(96, 154, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.6039, 0.9098
RGB percentages37.6%, 60.4%, 91%
HSLhsl(214.4, 74.7%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.4, 58.6%, 91%)
CMYK58.6%, 33.6%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,331,112
CSS custom property--colour: #609AE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.28:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#9F6517

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#799FEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6892E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00ACB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.8Steel blue · ΔE 18.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.9Light skyblue · ΔE 27.9Royal blue · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8AE60
Analogous#60DEE8, #6A60E8
Triadic#E8609A, #9AE860
Split complementary#E86A60, #DEE860
Tetradic#E860DE, #E8AE60, #60E86A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6EFFB
Lighter +20%#B9D3F5
Lighter +10%#8DB6EE
Darker −10%#337EE2
Darker −20%#1D65C5
Darker −30%#164E99
Darker −40%#10376C
More saturated +25%#4997FF
Less saturated −25%#779DD1

Channel breakdown

R96
G154
B232
Red96 (37.6%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue214.41°
Saturation (HSL)74.73%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 9A · B E8

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