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Recognised as Colour

#609BD4

  • #609BD4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#609BD4 is a blue with RGB values 96, 155, 212 and HSL 209°, 57%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#609BD4#609BD4
HEX#609BD4
RGBrgb(96, 155, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.6078, 0.8314
RGB percentages37.6%, 60.8%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(209.5, 57.4%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.5, 54.7%, 83.1%)
CMYK54.7%, 26.9%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,331,348
CSS custom property--colour: #609BD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30683WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.14:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#9F642B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#839DD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7491D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#0DA8AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 10.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.6Light skyblue · ΔE 20.3Light slate grey · ΔE 24.7Sky blue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 10.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D49960
Analogous#60D4D3, #6061D4
Triadic#D4609B, #9BD460
Split complementary#D46061, #D4D360
Tetradic#D360D4, #D49960, #61D460

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D8E7F5
Lighter +20%#B0CDEA
Lighter +10%#88B4DF
Darker −10%#3882C9
Darker −20%#2C68A2
Darker −30%#214E7A
Darker −40%#163552
More saturated +25%#479BED
Less saturated −25%#799BBB

Channel breakdown

R96
G155
B212
Red96 (37.6%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue209.48°
Saturation (HSL)57.43%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 9B · B D4

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