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Colour

#609BEC

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

#609BEC is a blue with RGB values 96, 155, 236 and HSL 215°, 79%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#609BEC#609BEC
HEX#609BEC
RGBrgb(96, 155, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.6078, 0.9255
RGB percentages37.6%, 60.8%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(214.7, 78.7%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.7, 59.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK59.3%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,331,372
CSS custom property--colour: #609BEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.4:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#9F6413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#79A1EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6693EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 5.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.1Steel blue · ΔE 20Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.5Light skyblue · ΔE 28.9Royal blue · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECB160
Analogous#60E1EC, #6B60EC
Triadic#EC609B, #9BEC60
Split complementary#EC6B60, #E1EC60
Tetradic#EC60E1, #ECB160, #60EC6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F1FC
Lighter +20%#BBD4F7
Lighter +10%#8EB8F1
Darker −10%#327EE7
Darker −20%#1965CD
Darker −30%#134EA0
Darker −40%#0E3872
More saturated +25%#4D98FF
Less saturated −25%#769ED6

Channel breakdown

R96
G155
B236
Red96 (37.6%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue214.71°
Saturation (HSL)78.65%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 9B · B EC

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